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more about #mousetrap more comments → The Lab: The radio program This American Life has a very good episode about building a better mouse trap. TLDR: there will never be a better mousetrap because ... more » Xagest: The whole plan is foiled when the mouse chews through the wires... more » beercheck: Damn. When you said valves and pneumatics, I was hoping for something a little less conventional-mouse-trappy and a little more No-Country-For-Old-Me... more » Golf_Nut: I was always a Butch and his son fan personally. I prefer the only mousetraps. This one is too quiet. Nothing like hearing that snap to know you go... more » RainyDayInterns: All these devices do is select for a smarter mouse... more » AndStuff: The toolmaker I work with and I built a mousetrap. Though 2,500 psi of nitrogen driving a catapult triggered by an electric eye didn't trap the mice. ... more » mjt308: How could you like Jerry, Rosa? Didn't you feel that Tom was due for at least one good day in 40+ years of chasing him? more » Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars: Wouldn't the laser scare it away? more » Gary_7vn: If you put a little oil in a fairly large steep sided bottle and some bait (peanut butter is excellent, (mice are not big on cheese) in the bottom, th... more » Professional_Iceberg_Hunter: Ha, only city slickers would be afraid of rats. more » orijimi: I was expecting it to surpass a traditional trap in maiming ability, not just detection. more » Pessimippopotamus: If the whole point was to kill a rat or injure it, I'd prefer the sticky patches. Yes. I'd rather see it writhe and die slowly and painfully. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: It's not a very humane trap. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: . more » Dave J.: God I hate mousetraps. Not the actual killing mice part, but just setting the damn things. Rat traps are worse, due to their finger-breaking potential... more » -
#mousetrap
Run, Jerry, Run! The Better Mouse Trap is Here
My favorite cartoon character growing up was the sly Jerry from Tom & Jerry fame, but after seeing the in-action video, I somehow have doubts that even he could survive an encounter with the Better Mousetrap. More » -
#mousetrap
Designer Mousetraps Keep Your Killin' Cute
Mousesnaps are more humane than regular mousetraps. Sure, vermin still meet a violent and gruesome end, but at least they went out with style. More » -
#photography
Crazy Wireless Camera Flash Setup Captures Mouse, None the Wiser, As It Meets Its Maker
Attention mice: do not invade engineer Jim Clark's home. Because not only will he build an elaborate trap to ensnare you, he will capture the whole affair with his fancy wireless camera flash strobes. More » -
#deadlyfurniture
Mousetrap Coffee Table Uses Its Victims For Fuel
If you are all about the ethical treatment of animals, avert your eyes. This high-tech mousetrap coffee table concept is nasty—real nasty. More » -
#diy
LEGO Mousetrap Makes Mice Hate Danish Cheese
This LEGO mousetrap by Jason Allemann is pure, classic simplicity made of bricks. Created with LEGO technic, the trap measures 30 x 16 x 24 studs, and captured two mice that had decided to live in his home (one in the picture above.) The mechanism itself is quite simple: More » -
