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MIT Researchers Build A Robotic Snail

Posted by timothy on from the cool-hobbies dept.

kiwimate writes "MIT researchers have built what might be the world's first robotic snail. It has two purposes: to understand how a snail moves, and to observer how liquids behave at a very small scale. Evidently, studying snail slime is a rather interesting pasttime. Lots of interesting details on sort of results might eventuate from this project."

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  1. Since it's a snail by Lady+Jazzica · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet it took them forever to build it...

  2. How long until... by Embedded+Geek · · Score: 2, Funny

    someone develops robotic salt?

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    1. Re:How long until... by fehlschlag · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just embed Windows CE into the poor sucker.

  3. So slow... by fehlschlag · · Score: 2, Funny

    My 8-year old machine with cutting edge Windows OS (for the time) feels like a robotic snail.

  4. MIT Researchers Build A Robotic Snail by danratherfan · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's about frigin' time.

  5. Studying Snail Slime by Stonan · · Score: 1, Funny

    say that 5 times fast...

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  6. Interesting pasttime?? by Alsee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Evidently, studying snail slime is a rather interesting pasttime.

    Oh man, and I thought *I* was a nerd.

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  7. Cyborg snail says... by know_gnus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll be back... later... much later...

  8. Sponsor's Influence by SEWilco · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course, because the sponsor of their research is Nickelodeon, they are studying the characteristics of Lime, Cherry, and catapulted Slime.

  9. verbiage by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lots of interesting details on sort of results might eventuate from this project.

    Reread it.
    Reread it..
    Reread it...

    My head explodes.

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  10. The secrets of slime by DigiShaman · · Score: 2, Funny

    "MIT scientists try to unlock the medical secret of slime" If you really want the answer to that, just observe attorneys in action.

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