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Rocky the Robo-Squirrel Scares the Hell Out of Timid Woodland Creatures

Why we care to know how squirrels communicate is anyone's guess, but it seems that this research is so important that a robot squirrel is being employed to live amongst the regular squirrel population. In fact, "Rocky" here (named after the cartoon character) is one of a growing legion of robo-creatures designed to study animals in their natural habitat. More »

8:45 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Sean Fallon
12,882 views, 16 comments

Latest by bms: Our precious tax dollars hard at work. more »

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The Natural Radio Takes UIs to Strange and Stupid New Places

Imagine, if you will, stripping a radio of all its buttons and dials and replacing them with a set of scales. Now imagine changing the station or frequency on this radio by placing rocks on specific areas of the scale. The more rocks you place, the higher the volume and so on. Yeah...its never gonna happen. The idea behind this Natural Radio concept is that you would have "organic control" over the radio, but I like my gadgets like I like my fruit—big and shiny. Organics just don't cut it. [Yanko Design]

4:30 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,681 views, 24 comments

Latest by quasimotto: kinda like how i turn off my monitor at the end of the day, by throwing rocks at it... sure it's expensive, but OH SO FULFILLING more »