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Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Ratmobile

Cancer cure any day now.
Years of unrelenting research by dedicated Japanese scientists have resulted in a major breakthrough:  A tiny car that rats can control with their minds.

I think they should have run it by marketing first.

6 comments:

  1. A wire in the motor cortex controlling a mini go-kart is a step away from controlling an electric wheelchair the same way. Not every smart guy is into molecular biology. Some like electronics.

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  2. Ah, wheelchairs. I thought the whole rat go-cart thing was more of the end product. Right. Silly me.

    But why would the rat need a wheelchair?

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  3. Perhaps it was disabled in a skiing accident.

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  4. YES! I get to use the comic:

    RE: CANCER: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd042009s.gif

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  5. Will they make a big one for fat rats?

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