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Fly-eating robot takes first slow steps towards danger zone
The Scotsman ^
| Thu 9 Sep 2004
| ANGUS HOWARTH
Posted on 09/08/2004 10:35:01 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
British scientists have created a robot that eats human excretement and was last seen heading into Bill Mahers studio......
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:38:15 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(You're either with US or from Hollywood! Ultimateamerican.com)
To: Willie Green
Hold my Mug alert (or whatever it is) LOL - How soon before we see an auto that does the same ...
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:41:47 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(While Kerry lied, good men died ...)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:45:12 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: 11th_VA
That's the new French car that turns itself off when you push the brake pedal. :)
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:45:20 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
To: 11th_VA
Just what we need: a muscle car with a hood scoop connected to a turbo-charged bug injector.
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:48:12 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Alan Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
Sounds like a sh*tty deal to me.
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:49:15 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: Willie Green
Man, between here and the farm, I could pick up enough bugs to power Houston. Just on my windshield.
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:52:01 PM PDT
by
SWake
("Estrada was savaged by liars and abandoned by cowards." Mark Davis, WBAP, 09/09/2003)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:55:48 PM PDT
by
binger
To: Willie Green
The new machine is being developed by a team of robotics experts at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol.The EcoBot II will attract insects by emitting a stench concocted from human excrement.
Professor Bunsen Honeydew: "Becker! Come to the laboratory!"
Becker: "Ahmemememememe!"
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posted on
09/08/2004 10:56:29 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Willie Green
Sure. It starts with tiny bug eating robots, and next thing you know:
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posted on
09/08/2004 11:02:49 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(I've posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
To: longfellow
Michael Moore should also be alarmed. Of course it would take thousands of those robots.
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posted on
09/08/2004 11:05:54 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("I hate going to places like Austin and Dubuque to raise large sums of money. But I have to," Kerry)
To: longfellow
To: dighton; aculeus; Lijahsbubbe; Constitution Day; mhking; Tijeras_Slim; DainBramage; ...
The EcoBot II will attract insects by emitting a stench concocted from human excrement. FYI
To: Willie Green
It should work well in France.
To: Willie Green
Not to stand in the way of progress but wouldn't it be cheaper to go out in your backyard, take a crap, and blast all bugs with insecticide? Or am I missing the beauty of the science here?
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posted on
09/08/2004 11:57:56 PM PDT
by
fat city
(Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
To: Willie Green
The EcoBot II will attract insects by emitting a stench concocted from human excrement. This is not going to be a stealthy robot...
To: Thinkin' Gal
The EcoBot II will attract insects by emitting a stench concocted from human excrement.,,, neato mosquito!!! Trust the Brits with this project, I just know they'll get it right.
To: Willie Green
Fly-eating robot... You mean they didn't name it "Monica"?
Oh, the other kind of fly...never mind....
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posted on
09/09/2004 2:09:48 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...somebody had to say it...why not me?)
To: fat city
Not to stand in the way of progress but wouldn't it be cheaper to go out in your backyard, take a crap, and blast all bugs with insecticide? Or am I missing the beauty of the science here?Yes, you are missing the point. The purpose of this technology is not to kill flies. It is to give robots independent, permanent power sources. Currently, there is solar power, but not everywhere we want to send robots has sunlight. Bugs are almost everywhere.
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posted on
09/09/2004 2:15:03 AM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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