"Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot" is an experimental mechanism that uses a living Madagascan hissing cockroach atop a modified trackball to control a three-wheeled robot. If the cockroach moves left, the robot moves left. Infrared sensors also provide navigation feedback to the cockroach, striving to create a pseudo-intelligent system with the cockroach as the CPU.
We had a small wild kitten fall into a pipe under my mother's house. My daughter and I tried in vain for an hour to get it out. Finally, I had a thought. I remembered how kittens have such tiny little claws that are like fish hooks. I figured it was probably very hungry by now. It could have been there for a day or 2. So, I took a pair of pantyhose and smeared gushy soft cat food on it. We lowered it into the pipe and the kitten was sooo hungry! She latched onto the pantyhose and tried to eat the food and while she had her claws stuck in the nylon we pulled her free. "Annabelle" is doing quite well, 2 years on. She is a happy cat and lives with my daughter.
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