Cool science but.... GROSS!!
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Just please, please don’t make any robot cockroaches.
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Wow! This is awesome (I mean the video). As much as I avoid cockroaches like the plague, it doesn’t surprise me how agile and swift they are....lol
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This highlights two approaches to security in general.
1. Be resilient. This way when shocks occur, you don't get hurt.
2. Be evasive. Avoid getting shocks in the first place.
(2) leads to smart creatures. Humans in general have evolved to be (2). We're slower and weaker than many animals that might eat us, like lions or tigers. But we're smart, so we can evade those threats. Octopuses also follow (2). They are very vulnerable—they have almost no armor to speak of—but very smart.
The cockroach went for (1). Not known for its intelligence.
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This is the best news I’ve read today. I pray to God that it’s true what I’ve heard that even when seemingly everything should be wiped out, cockroaches will find a way to survive. Maybe the future’s not as dark as we think. A world run by real cockroaches rather than humans that act like them.
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Even more impressive would be if someone could explain how bumblebees can fly full speed into a window, reverse course, and fly away.
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