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Carnivorous Robots Trap, Eat Bugs for Fuel

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Nathan King

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Design student James Auger has built a robotic digital clock that draws its energy from common house flies that it traps and "consumes."
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To summarize: science has produced a self-sustaining robot that is designed to trap, kill, and consume living creatures for energy. As far as flies are concerned, the robot apocalypse has already begun.
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The killer clock, however, represents a new evolution in carnivorous hardware. Unlike the Bristol bots, which needed to be fed by researchers, the clock can feed and sustain itself.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2382903,00.asp

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