Comments on: Robot controlled by moth brain http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 14:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Scixual http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-84997 Scixual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-84997 Sounds like the beginnings of a particularly bad sci-fi horror flick from the 1950's. Fascinating and Creepy. Sounds like the beginnings of a particularly bad sci-fi horror flick from the 1950′s.

Fascinating and Creepy.

]]> By: jjasper http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85023 jjasper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85023 Where are the tiny singing girls? Where are the tiny singing girls?

]]> By: Eduardo Padoan http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85045 Eduardo Padoan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85045 I for one welcome our new moth-guided Mega-Mecha overloards. I for one welcome our new moth-guided Mega-Mecha overloards.

]]> By: fullerenedream http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85073 fullerenedream Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85073 One step closer to my boyfriend's vision of a fish in a fishtank with robot legs that the fish controls with its mind. Do you think a fish could learn to walk? One step closer to my boyfriend’s vision of a fish in a fishtank with robot legs that the fish controls with its mind. Do you think a fish could learn to walk?

]]> By: fullerenedream http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85074 fullerenedream Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85074 (actually I think it was supposed to be a robot fishBOWL) (actually I think it was supposed to be a robot fishBOWL)

]]> By: treq http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85093 treq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85093 I sense a good rivalry brewing: Robo-Moth vs. <a href="http://www.conceptlab.com/roachbot/" target="_blank">Robo-Cockroach</a> When's the next available slot for The Octagon? I sense a good rivalry brewing:

Robo-Moth vs. Robo-Cockroach

When’s the next available slot for The Octagon?

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85116 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85116 Aww man, at a quick glance I thought that said "Mother Brain." Still awesome, but you can understand my initial disappointment/relief. Aww man, at a quick glance I thought that said “Mother Brain.”

Still awesome, but you can understand my initial disappointment/relief.

]]> By: Lindsayjp http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85430 Lindsayjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85430 The creator of the robo-moth says his ultimate goal is creating computers with human and non-human components, i.e. moth-eye cameras. <a href="http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52005/scientists-build-a-robo-moth">More here</a>. The creator of the robo-moth says his ultimate goal is creating computers with human and non-human components, i.e. moth-eye cameras. More here.

]]> By: Michael R. Bernstein http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85181 Michael R. Bernstein Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85181 ObNitPick: 'impulses'. ObNitPick: ‘impulses’.

]]> By: mrfitz http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-84965 mrfitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-84965 "The underlying point in the creation of the robo-moth is the notion of advancing neuroscience." Quote of the century. “The underlying point in the creation of the robo-moth is the notion of advancing neuroscience.”

Quote of the century.

]]> By: stas59 http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/robot-controlled-by.html#comment-85242 stas59 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85242 This reminds me of the wonderful SF writer Cordwainer Smith. I recall that he had robots with mouse brains. The Instrumentality is coming! This reminds me of the wonderful SF writer Cordwainer Smith. I recall that he had robots with mouse brains. The Instrumentality is coming!

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