Robots To Rid Us Of Cockroaches

[matcom]

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IT behaves like a cockroach. It smells like a cockroach. It is accepted by other cockroaches.

But it is not a cockroach. It is a robot and scientists say its invention is a breakthrough in mankind's struggle to control the animal kingdom.

The robot, InsBot, developed by researchers in France, Belgium and Switzerland, is capable of infiltrating a group of cockroaches, influencing them and altering their behaviour.

Within a decade, its inventors believe, it will be leading the unwanted pests out of dark kitchen corners, to where they can be eliminated.

But this is only the first of the applications for a pioneering program that has scientists dreaming out loud.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11395476%255E13762,00.html

[LiberalEsto]

1. Can we try this with neocons and fundies?

One can only dream!

[el_gato]

2. stupid

"mankind's struggle to control the animal kingdom"

They won't be happy until they have destroyed the entire natural world.