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Military Robot Feeds On Dead Bodies
July 15th, 2009 03:37pm by stultzie
EATR
…clever, and ridiculously fitting.
A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.
Robotic Technology Inc.’s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that’s right, “EATR” — “can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels (such as gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable,” reads the company’s Web site.
That “biomass” and “other organically-based energy sources” wouldn’t necessarily be limited to plant material — animal and human corpses contain plenty of energy, and they’d be plentiful in a war zone. Read the rest of this entry »
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For Those Who Can’t Walk…
July 15th, 2009 03:00pm by stultzie
but can pedal?
sweet wheelchair attachment.
(available in the UK)
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New Arm + SkinHammer Deodorant
July 15th, 2009 07:36am by sinkpockYes yes, this isn’t exactly your ordinary run-of-the-mill deodorant.
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Stormtroopers Know How to Have Fun – 12 pics that prove it
July 14th, 2009 08:47pm by flipvine
Underneath the cold, menacing exterior, Stormtroopers are just like the rest of us. I mean, after a long day of participating in Star Wars, beating down rebels left and right, getting blown up in the Death Star, pounced on by Ewoks, etc. – a dude just has to have some way of chillaxin’.
So we decided to gather some candid shots of the softer, gentler, cooler, hipper side of the average man-in-white-with-a-frowny-face-mask. Enjoy!
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