Fly-eating robot powers itself [Follow-up story]

cnn.com ^ | Wednesday, December 29, 2004 Posted: 12:50 PM EST (1750 GMT) | cnn.com

[BenLurkin]

Genuine, actual real life mad scientists.

[BenLurkin]

The earlier trhread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1210749/posts?page=1

[thoughtomator]

Imagine how useful a robot we could have if we gave it the ability to eat Democrats!

[Cicero]

We could use a few of these in our house on those warm summer days. But first we'd have to train the grandchildren not to swat them.

"Hey, kid, you just swatted my $10 million prototype fly-muncher!"

[JudyinCanada]

I'd love one for the cottage...where do I order?

[Wiz]

[NTegraT]

Let me know when they get one that eats mosquitoes and/or fire ants.

[LibWhacker]

This gives me hope that someday we'll have liberal-eating robots.

[USNBandit]

How long before PETA tries to put a stop to this?

[festus]

I know lets make a robot that lives by eating animals and maybe humans ! Yah thats a great idea.....

Don't these clowns ever watch sci-fi ? Every single B-Rated Scifi movie has this somewhere in its plot I swear it.

[punster]

"Imagine how useful a robot we could have if we gave it the ability to eat Democrats!"

Sorry, they are inedible. They are so contaminated with hate, that they are toxic.

[mdmathis6]

you know if it could eat flies...it could eat humans!

[Aquinasfan]

you know if it could eat flies...it could eat humans!

< Running away> < tripping over root> < unable to stand up> < covering eyes with forearm> AAAAUUURRRGH... < /scream>

[Geritol]

So... Wonder how long before some terrorists or some despot gets ahold of some larger models and sets them loose....

[farmfriend]

Love this one. Wonder what the environmental consequences are?

[skinkinthegrass]

you know if it could eat flies...it could eat humans!

...Oh Great!, Wait till the Eco-Wackos hear this. :)

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[okie01]

you know if it could eat flies...it could eat humans!

If it uses human sewage to attract flies, what would it use to attract humans?

Barbecue? Beer? The scent of Angelina Jolie?

[drhogan]

the plot is this: the robot is designed to work on house fly energy, but since the robot is super-intelligent, it re-builds itself to work on human energy.
or, we could start the movie with a robot used in the funeral business to get rid of corpses by eating them. then the robot learns that live humans taste much better.
i see a whole series of evil robot movies . . .