cockroaches

i love hacks
especially ones that involve some sense of the ridiculous like taking a robot and strapping a live cockroach on a trackball-esque interface to help it move around
hows that for science?
casts a short shadow towards survival research laboratories

Is this an “artwork”?
Not really. The term “art” can be problematic, and conjures up concepts of things that reside on a rich person’s coffee table or wall. In that sense, this isn’t an artwork. In the sense of attempting to engage in cultural discourse, yes: this project could be considered an artwork

bless the future of robotics

• 2005-05-13

  Adam

  and somwhere in a windowless room with poor ventilation a man is realizing he could strap a human into a machine not too different from this and get better control for guided missles and unmanned fighter planes, etc.
  
  or am I just remembering the plot to ender’s game?
  
  But I can’t help smiling at the cockroach-robot.