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Interest & Intrigue

Interest & Intrigue

Anything that's interesting and a little off the beaten path. It's fun learning weird things about the world!

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Posted byAttitudeAdjusterin/interest_intrigue-Jul 07, 2016 at 1:00 PMΔ

Made of gold, powered by heart cells of rats - meet the robo-ray

Made of gold, powered by heart cells of rats - meet the robo-ray

With a flash of light and a ripple of fin, the small aquatic robot set off across the water and into the annals of science as the latest advance in artificial creatures. A melding of tissue and technology, the robot in question resembles a miniature stingray.

theguardian.com
One comment
  • chocolate_chip_cookiesJul 07, 2016 at 1:14 PM

    We’re going to take a rat apart and rebuild it into a stingray and make it laser-guided.

    Haha.

    This is super crazy and cool, but also, I don't think I quite get the purpose of it. Is it just more that it's a stepping stone to building more advanced things like an artificial biotech heart, or does it actually have some merit by itself that I'm not understanding?

Interest & Intrigue

Interest & Intrigue

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