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MIT Researchers Build A Robotic Snail

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. F.P. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hungry for first, thirsty for post

  2. I'm just wondering... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...why someone would spend their time studying snail slime when they could be studying Jennifer Connelly's large breasts instead!

  3. Ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The robotic snail could play a key role in the drive toward smaller devices.

    Thank god!

  4. what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the slashdot editors need to get a spell- and grammar-checker...