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MIT Robot Walks On Water

Posted by timothy on from the just-not-evenly-distributed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at MIT have solved the mystery of how water striders propel themselves across water surfaces and in the process have created a robot called Robostrider that mimics the behavior. With cool stuff like this, it's no wonder MIT is number one in engineering."

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  1. Re:Still Need a Little Help with Linux by Lxy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have this overwhelming desire to hang out with fags, do faggotly things, stick foreign objects in my anus, etc. Is this normal?

    Yeah, they fixed this in the 2.6 kernel tree. Try upgrading, you'll feel much better afterwards.

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  2. Did it walk across the Hudson? by heli0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All you would need to do is teach it to hop from tire to rat corpse.

    Is there any reason for a NYC Triathlon when the swim is cancelled EVERY BLOODY YEAR? They haven't been able to swim in the Hudson for three years, just MOVE THE BLOODY RACE YOU WANKERS!

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  3. Re:Finally! by hippiechimp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I respectfully disagree. I think Jesus had really small feet.

  4. Sure it runs on water... by sryx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But will it run on Linux!?
    -Jason

  5. Re:Yes but... by DaneelGiskard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks for the great laugh, I needed that :)

  6. Re:I heard of this ages ago. by fafaforza · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Even The Economist from 2 weeks ago (with fish on the cover) had a story about this.

  7. Re:Yes but... by hendrix69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's those kinds of comments that warrent more than 5 points for funny. That one was about 9 on my scale.

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