Vehicle for Cockroaches

Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 2, 2005 @04:45PM from the wait-till-you-see-the-spoiler dept.

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."

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And they say... by GeekZilla · 2005-07-02 16:48 · Score: 5, Funny

...Innovation is slowing down. HA! Take that Jonathan Huebner!

first post?

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Very smart by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-02 17:02 · Score: 5, Funny

If they can just get them to use cellphones while they drive it might be a great way to wipe out cockroaches. Darwin would be proud.
What they need... by jpardey · 2005-07-02 17:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

Is a way to give editors bad karma...

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