07-03-2005, 01:52 AM
http://science.slashdot.org/science/05/07/...&tid=133&tid=14
Man next thing you know, someone will build little cockroach controled tanks and then the cockroaches will start to take over the world, heck they have good start as it is now, they are on nearly every piece of land in the world.
Quote:William Robinson wrote to mention an entertaining Wired news article about vehicle meant for cockroaches. From the article: "Hertz has constructed a three-wheeled robotic vehicle that lets a Madagascan hissing cockroach navigate a room while perched atop a ping-pong ball. The ball works like a computer mouse's track ball. Where the roach moves on the ball, the vehicle moves in the room. Sensors on the bot can tell when it's going to hit something. It also has a semi-circle of LED lights facing the roach, so when it's about to hit an obstacle an LED will shine on the creature from the direction of the barrier, hopefully causing it to run in the other direction."
Man next thing you know, someone will build little cockroach controled tanks and then the cockroaches will start to take over the world, heck they have good start as it is now, they are on nearly every piece of land in the world.