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Does It Bug You That There’s a Beetle Stuck on the Back Of Your iPhone 4?

Japanese Beetle Case

I’ve seen a whole lot of quirky and out-of-this-world cases for Apple’s über-popular smartphone, but this one still managed to take me by surprise.
First, because I don’t really understand what could be going on in the minds of the people who came up with this. And second, because I…

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July 4th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Resistance is Futile: Radio-Controlled Cyborg Beetles

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Oh crap. I knew it. Those stupid robots at SparkFun’s race were publicized to lull us all into a false sense of security: “Wow it just went for a dive at the lake HAHA st00pid botz.” Yet now we have cyborg beetles. CyBORG beetles people.
Developed by a team of…

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May 1st, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Only in Japan: Giant Robot Rhinoceros Beetle

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The classic anime series Patlabor… was set in the late 90′s/ early 2000′s. In it, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police use giant humanoid robots to fight crime. While they’re not quite there yet,there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the Japanese will reach that level of awesomeness, such that

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April 21st, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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