One Can Never Have Too Many Robots Link Roundup
By Captain Tortuga on June 3rd, 2010Posted In: blog
Photo by modomatic
Just the other day I was thinking, “You know what would be handy? A knife wielding robot!” Luckily, my prayers to the awesome-things-that-are-probably-not-a-good-idea-in-retrospect gods have been answered. Behold! Such a contraption has been developed! Not sure why they spent the effort to build fail-safes into it though, it takes all the fun away, IMHO.
Speaking of robots, this cute little bugger is smart enough to navigate its way through some pretty tricky terrain for a robot.
You know what’s also tricky? Having critters derive energy from sunlight. Good thing those hard working scientists are on top of their game. I, for one, am looking forward to the day when all that’s needed to satisfy my munchies is a nice sun bath. Huzzah for synthetic biology!
And because we aboard the S.S. Isopod have a special place in our heart for our tentacled brethren… researchers recently discovered what they believe is an ancient ancestor of your friendly neighborhood octopi and squid. This two tentacled cephalopod has one of the earliest biological jet propulsion systems in the fossil record.
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