[Noisebridge-discuss] [Build] Fauna for 2169

Don French dcfrench at gmail.com
Sat Aug 22 03:11:58 UTC 2009


And now something completely different: furniture that lures and digests
rodents to generate power
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17372-gallery-domestic-robots-with-a-taste-for-flesh.html.
You could start pumping the rats back into the grid!

-- Don


On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Don French <dcfrench at gmail.com> wrote:

> And speaking of robot cats:
> http://www.therawfeed.com/2006/03/headless-robot-cat-now-shipping.html
>
>
> -- Don
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Don French <dcfrench at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is an inexpensive system for tracking rodents using a trap-like
>> device that contains a harmless powder that gets on the meeses and then rubs
>> off and their tracks glows under UV light.  http://www.rodotrak.com/.
>> The idea is once you know how the little bastards are gaining entry to the
>> space you can plug the holes.
>>
>> But if that doesn't work one might draw inspiration from this wonderful
>> 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon that features, among other things, a robot cat
>> that hunts mice:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Solar_Meow
>>
>> -- Don
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:27 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>   sealing cracks and plugging holes goes a long
>>> way toward reducing fauna such as bugs and rats.
>>> first places to seal up are joints between walls
>>> and floor; second places are holes where ceiling
>>> fixtures are installed; third are doors and
>>> windows, notably space between door and floor....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 08:27 -0700, deleTed wrote:
>>> > On that note, has the possibility of getting a cat been broached with
>>> > the membership / landlord.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Personally, I'm allergic, but I don't know of a better way to get rid
>>> > of rodents.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > dlt.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >         On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 06:53:20PM -0700, Shannon Lee wrote:
>>> >         >
>>> >
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6041241/Rat-eating-plant-discovered-in-Philippines.html
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >         That'd be flora that eats fauna.
>>> >
>>> >         -andy
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