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SkaredShtles

SkaredShtles

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In a van.... down by the river
pnj said:
it lives off the dead!

Scientists at the University of the West of England (UWE) have designed a robot that does not require batteries or electricity to power itself.

Instead, it generates energy by catching and eating houseflies.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/12/27/explorers.ecobot/index.html
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That's not creepy, it's *awesome*! Wouldn't it be nice if all of our appliances woud run off common household waste? :D

-S.S.-
 
pnj

pnj

Turbo Monkey till the fat lady sings
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hell yea matrix. and T2 or something.

this world is getting so fvcked up.

when they combine that with the Osimo (sp?) robot, that will be awsome.
 
Slugman

Slugman

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SkaredShtles said:
That's not creepy, it's *awesome*! Wouldn't it be nice if all of our appliances woud run off common household waste? :D

-S.S.-
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But then you'd have to make sure to generate enough waste to keep it running...
 
pnj

pnj

Turbo Monkey till the fat lady sings
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Slugman said:
But then you'd have to make sure to generate enough waste to keep it running...
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right now you could send it to eat the 116,000 dead from the giant wave.

or them, I mean. send them, the big army of death eating robots.

oh, the visions in my head. :sneaky:
 
-BB-

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I broke all the rules, but somehow still became mo
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Livin it up in the O.C.
pnj said:
right now you could send it to eat the 116,000 dead from the giant wave.

or them, I mean. send them, the big army of death eating robots.

oh, the visions in my head. :sneaky:
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and justice for all...
 
dan-o

dan-o

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pnj said:
right now you could send it to eat the 116,000 dead from the giant wave.

or them, I mean. send them, the big army of death eating robots.

oh, the visions in my head. :sneaky:
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Baby steps...
Let's fine tune the technology by starting with anything smelling like patchoulie and/or wearing patchwork clothing. Once the real trash as fuel concept is dialed, we can move on to disaster clean-up.
 
Pau11y

Pau11y

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Westy said:
Cool, I'm gonna hook it up to my time traveling Delorean.
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You ain't going nowhere 'till I build you that flux capacitor, and the first on is going on my DH bike. Humm... a waste eating, time travelling robo DH bike.

Why did, all of a sudden, Andy Kauffman/Jim Carey's redition of the Mighty Mouse theme song pop into my head... "Heeeeere I come to save the daaaaaay!"
 
dan-o

dan-o

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chicodude01 said:
:dead:
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Don't mind S.S, as a non-native coloradan with the requisite ponytail and subaru he had to sign the Colorado Declaration of Sensitivity and Superiority.
 
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