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Carnivorous Clock Eats Bugs

Posted by samzenpus on from the little-office-of-horrors dept.

Designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have created a clock that is powered by "eating" bugs. The clock traps insects on flypaper stretched across a roller system and then drops them into a vat of bacteria. The insects are then "digested" and the ensuing chemical reaction is transformed into power that keeps the rollers moving and the LCD clock working. The two offer another version that is powered by mice and an even cooler machine that picks insect fuel from spiderwebs with the help of a robotic arm and a video camera.

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  1. Oh sure... by kevinNCSU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh sure, everyone's in favor of bug powered clocks, but as soon as you put a pedestrian catcher on the front of your electric SUV to make city driving more efficient then OHHhhh, suddenly you've gone too far!

  2. Re:Cool For now. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    FEED ME SEYMOUR!

  3. Re:Bugs? by hargrand · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not only that, if this catches on, it'll just be a matter of time before we start running out of bugs in the US and have to start relying on foriegn sources of bugs.

  4. In summary by xcut · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It recharges on the fly"