win! those things are so fun! i need one to capture the stray cats in the neighborhood that crap in my back yard. maybe it can catch some of my neighbors while it’s at it.

Posted at 1:44 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by djrussell

As interesting as this concept is, I don’t know if I (or most people) could stomach the thought of owning a table that digests live mice for power.

That being said, I’d love to have one of these if I knew one of those overly emotional animal rights activists.

Posted at 2:07 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by Wolf

I saw these in London. I don’t think any of them actually function. They’re just models.

Posted at 2:10 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by Tim

see this is where it starts, first its flies, the mice, then stray cats that crap in other peoples yards, eventually it’ll b us vs. the robots

Posted at 2:12 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by roshamboe

I agree with roshamboe. Why hasten our advancement the point our new robot overlords turn on, then enslave us? I’d personally rather be a slave than cattle.

Posted at 2:22 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by michael

Vids or it didnt happen.

Posted at 2:38 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by Justin

I’m thinking a bug zapper that powers itself.

or an autobot that finds and eats roadkill thereby cleaning up the streets.
Instead of WALL-E we got MEAT-E

Microbiological
Extraction
And
Transport

Could’ve done wonders after Katrina

anywayz thatz my 2 centz

Posted at 3:27 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by R-Gu

we r SOOOOOOO fkd

-hero

Posted at 4:13 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by -hero

some people really need to watch the terminator movies more often.

Posted at 4:15 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by J

make that the good terminator movies

Posted at 4:15 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by J

Call the ASPCA

Posted at 8:10 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by jim slipper

Hmm i wonder will the mice smell once the desk is munching on them because if it doesnt no one will care. Free energy and the pests are gone XD. I bet this is how skynet really started.

Posted at 9:02 pm on Jun 26th, 2009 by nanoc

That was my first thought nanoc.
Imagine showing off your mouse eating table to your friends, the proud look on your face as you describe how it works. The revolted look on their face(s) from the smell of the decaying flesh contained inside.
Besides wth does the table have need for microbial power outside of catching mice??

I know, I know….it’s step one in an evolving process.

Posted at 7:53 am on Jun 27th, 2009 by Pouncer

Now get one of these to work on cockroaches and put them to use in cities like Chicago, Miami and New York you might have a great device.

Posted at 8:16 am on Jun 27th, 2009 by Chattafuup

Get enough of these things and hook them up to power the grid…

The ultimate in GREEN energy sources. I wonder if these were included in the new Cap & Trade bill?

Posted at 8:34 am on Jun 27th, 2009 by the Wizard

just whatever you do dont make a couch… id be totally screwed!!! LMAO!!!

the roach idea sounds good copled with the grid of course

Posted at 2:56 pm on Jun 27th, 2009 by Vash_SIN

this + milo = skynet

Posted at 7:07 pm on Jun 27th, 2009 by cyanide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_fuel_cell

its real but sucks so far

Posted at 10:26 am on Jun 29th, 2009 by zinoncus

Wow, that is like SO cool!

RT
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Posted at 8:56 pm on Jun 29th, 2009 by JOhnny MAck

i can’t tell if everyone here is dumb or using their imagination. It’s just a piece of art. It doesn’t actually work in any capacity (except for probably being a clock)

Posted at 9:12 pm on Jun 29th, 2009 by GT

I have a lamp that is powered by the tears of small children.

Posted at 10:13 pm on Jun 29th, 2009 by Arthur Dent

I see a whole new line of Electronics. Also lawn mowers and such. Maybe even a way to power the whole house. What could we call them.

Power
Emitting
Through
Animal Digestion

Posted at 10:26 pm on Jun 29th, 2009 by John Ross

BUT WHERE DOES IT POOP

Posted at 10:42 pm on Jun 29th, 2009 by huh

if they can figure it out through plant digestion it would be way easier. imagine the lawn mower digesting the grass clippings instead of having to stop and empty the bag out. it they were converted to energy it would save on gas too.

Posted at 5:21 am on Jun 30th, 2009 by roshamboe

Thats pretty awesome! I want to build a small robot that chases down and eats any small animals in my back yard.

I better start reading up on microbial fuel cells…

Posted at 7:27 pm on Jun 30th, 2009 by AnthonyDi

RE: Lawn mower that runs on grass clippings. This was one of the first possible uses of this technology proposed by Stuart Wilkinson, the inventor of the MFC. His first justification for giving robots the power to eventually digest us was an idea that involved making the robot autonomous and attaching whirling blades to it. That is, I believe, the essence of bad planning. Google his name and you will find a host of articles, each more disturbing than the last.

Posted at 3:59 am on Jul 1st, 2009 by dlivr8r

How ’bout a power plant the runs on unicorn poop. There’s plenty of that around.

Posted at 10:45 am on Jul 1st, 2009 by al

sick sick weirdos first flies what will soon be humans dude and killing stray kittens that is sad…..

Posted at 10:39 am on Aug 23rd, 2009 by gooaygar

if only the mouse catching table would work so well. you know they say if you build a better mouse trap the world will beat a path to your door. and i’ve found that the best traps are still the little spring-activated ones that are cheap, easy to set, and yet can still fail at catching the one mouse running around the office.

Posted at 8:47 pm on Nov 3rd, 2009 by maria