Flesh Eating Robots

A couple of designers, James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau, from the UK have created five robots that have a taste for meat. The "robotic furniture" is designed to look cool and to catch flies and mice. Once caught, the vermin are digested and turned into energy to power the machines. NewScientist

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Posted By: mdb777 - Tue Jul 07, 2009
Category: Design and Designers | Furniture | Inventions | Science

Comments

'ATTACK OF THE MAN EATING ROBOTS' there would, of course, be a bed with a realistic looking beautiful woman to draw a man to the bed to be eaten. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/07/09 at 07:33 PM

Great ideas but we need the team over at Budweiser to sell it.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/07/09 at 11:43 PM

Here's a direct link to the video

http://brightcove.newscientist.com/services/player/bcpid2227271001?bctid=27945753001

also, I think you can get to it from the link in the post or at least see a photo gallery.

Posted by mdb777 on 07/09/09 at 12:36 PM

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