RoboRoach
and I quote, "a cockroach-controlled mobile robot system"
Slashdot makes us aware of a unique (hope! hope!) project involving giant hissing cockroaches and robotic hardware. Fascinating, yet revolting; I like it!
Still, I wonder if the researcher has thought this through. These cockroaches might seem relatively stupid, with brain / reasoning / thinking capacity somewhere between humans and overachiever rocks - and there's a lot of overlap across these three, if you know what I mean and I think you do - but do we really want to give them this level of enabling technology?
Doesn't this guy read books or watch movies? I'm kidding of course; truth is I'm amazed and impressed by the concept, design and implementation. Though I gotta say my favorite part is the closing line from the Slashdot article:
Debugging the project is inherently impossible.
Slashdot makes us aware of a unique (hope! hope!) project involving giant hissing cockroaches and robotic hardware. Fascinating, yet revolting; I like it!
Still, I wonder if the researcher has thought this through. These cockroaches might seem relatively stupid, with brain / reasoning / thinking capacity somewhere between humans and overachiever rocks - and there's a lot of overlap across these three, if you know what I mean and I think you do - but do we really want to give them this level of enabling technology?
Doesn't this guy read books or watch movies? I'm kidding of course; truth is I'm amazed and impressed by the concept, design and implementation. Though I gotta say my favorite part is the closing line from the Slashdot article:
Debugging the project is inherently impossible.
iRad time |
5/22/2005 09:24:00 AM
3 Emissions:
A kind of addendum-aside, for Demosthenes in particular:
http://www.philoticweb.net/movie/
Probably you already knew this; it was (good) news to me.
Jimminy jilickers, radioactive jam!
I happened upon your page by chance last week. I just wanted to let you know that I enjoy reading your clever, well-crafted entries on fairly diverse topics.
Thanks for providing a mature, but spirited, blog page. Your modesty and intelligence come through.
A Pal from Canada.
Dear anonymous,
Thanks, it's going to be a fun ride I'm sure.
Regards,
rj
P.S. Say hello to Canada for me. At least Quetico, anyway. It'd be the only part that might remember me.
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