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This Giant Cockroach Plush Toy Is Delightfully Disgusting

Despite what the images here tell you, cockroaches are not cute, nor cuddly, and certainly not adorable. They are not your friends. They are meant to be squashed under foot sprayed with Raid and sent to…

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This Tiny Robot Bug Swims and Walk Underwater

Harvard University researchers have been working on a miniature robot called the Harvard Ambulatory Microbot (HAMR) for a while now. The insect-inspired, waterproo microbot recently received an upgrade, and now it can swim and walk underwater…

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Open Your Bottles with a Beetle

I don’t know what it is about horned beetles, but I find them quite creepy. I think it must have been that scene from The Mummy where one crawled under the guy’s skin, or when thousands…

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Bug Out with This Giant Inflatable Cockroach Pool Float

If you’re a sexy woman who enjoys lazing around in the pool, you want this giant inflatable cockroach. According to the images here, the ladies love to lounge around on a giant cockroach. Kids too, but…

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We’re Doomed: Wall-climbing Robots Spin Giant Spiderwebs

Wall-climbing robots have been around for a while, but wall-climbing robots that can actually spin spiderwebs? Did I mention they were made of carbon fiber? Yeah, that exists now. We’re all going to wind up suspended…

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Robobee: The Future of Bee Stings

If you have ever wondered what the bee of the future would look like, here it is. Researchers at Harvard and MIT have spent the last seven years perfecting this robotic bee. For better honey? No.…

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This Robot Roach Can Jump Five Feet High

Warning. Read any further, and your fear of cockroaches will be kicked up several notches. That’s because a collaboration between South Korea’s Seoul National University and UC Berkeley has created it’s latest unholy robot. Yes, mankind…

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Gigantic Stick Bug is 2-Feet of Nope

A group of Chinese scientists were on a field trip to the Guangxi Zhuang region of China in 2014 and discovered this gigantic bug. The beast is 62.4cm long, or a bit over two feet. It…

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Praying Mantis Gets 3D Glasses in Coolest Scientific Test Ever

I like to imagine that the scientists who come up with experiments sit around and think of the most awesome things they can do, even if they have little real world value. I bet there were…

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Wall of Bugs Has a Volkswagen Beetle

There are a bunch of museums in the US and around the world I would like to visit one day. The Smithsonian is at the top of my list. I didn’t even know that Cleveland had…

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Mattel’s Bug Racers Are Steered by Live Insects

Toys sure have come a long way. Get ready for tiny cars that are piloted by real living insects. No joke. Why would your kid want to control their toy themselves when they can enslave an…

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Boldport Buggy DIY Toy: LEDybug

Work on your soldering skills with Boldport’s cute soldering kit. The Buggy has a beautiful ladybug-shaped circuit board, six candle-flicker LEDs and adjustable antennae and legs. Its legs hold the resistors, so the cute tubing socks…

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Killing Time Takes on a New Meaning with the Arachnophobia Timepiece

If you can’t stand spiders, you might want to pass on this creepy yet amazing spider-inspired timepiece called the Arachnophobia. It was created by luxury watchmaker MB&F, because why not? It basically looks like a giant…

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Bugs Bugging You? Wear a Net!

The rain came, and the bugs followed. If you find yourself spending the bulk of your evenings hunting for the elusive bug that just bit you on the kisser, then you might want to consider donning…

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Tiny X2-VelociRoACH Robot Breaks Speed Record

Back in 2013, we talked about a tiny robot from UC Berkeley that a team had developed that was able to run around at 2.7 meters-per-second. That was pretty fast, but roughly two years later the…

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Computer Component Bugs: Wasteamorphosis

The words “computer” and “bug” often mean bad news when mentioned in the same sentence, but it’s not the case here. Artist Julie Alice Chappell’s Computer Component Bugs are sculptures of insect-like creatures that she makes…

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Tag: Insect

This Giant Cockroach Plush Toy Is Delightfully Disgusting

This Tiny Robot Bug Swims and Walk Underwater

Open Your Bottles with a Beetle

Bug Out with This Giant Inflatable Cockroach Pool Float

We’re Doomed: Wall-climbing Robots Spin Giant Spiderwebs

Robobee: The Future of Bee Stings

This Robot Roach Can Jump Five Feet High

Gigantic Stick Bug is 2-Feet of Nope

Praying Mantis Gets 3D Glasses in Coolest Scientific Test Ever

Wall of Bugs Has a Volkswagen Beetle

Mattel’s Bug Racers Are Steered by Live Insects

Boldport Buggy DIY Toy: LEDybug

Killing Time Takes on a New Meaning with the Arachnophobia Timepiece

Bugs Bugging You? Wear a Net!

Tiny X2-VelociRoACH Robot Breaks Speed Record

Computer Component Bugs: Wasteamorphosis

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