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Vehicle for Cockroaches
William Robinson wrote to mention an entertaining Wired news article about vehicle meant for cockroaches. From the article: "Hertz has constructed a three-wheeled robotic vehicle that lets a Madagascan hissing cockroach navigate a room while perched atop a ping-pong ball. The ball works like a computer mouse's track ball. Where the roach moves on the ball, the vehicle moves in the room.
Sensors on the bot can tell when it's going to hit something. It also has a semi-circle of LED lights facing the roach, so when it's about to hit an obstacle an LED will shine on the creature from the direction of the barrier, hopefully causing it to run in the other direction."
That's pretty sick.
Mod parent up.
So nice that the quality of life for cockroaches is getting better. Too bad that the quality of life for humans is not getting any better.
Point one: There's something beautifully ironic about someone duplicating the word "AND" in a comment bitching about a duplicate story (I know, the it's hard to remember what you typed before the Point two: STFU! I think moderators should agree to start modding these posts as off-topic, unless the post has some relevant information besides a complaint. And give the editors a break. It's a miracle the site is still operating, let alone somewhat useful given the traffic/abuse they get currently.
Point three: Was some engineer just REALLY bored or something? Seriously, how many cockroaches will be able to afford one of these?
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