[Noisebridge-discuss] [Build] Fauna for 2169

[Shannon Lee]

I've been saying -- two counter-rotating wheels in contact with one another,
a hopper full of four pounds of surplus sewing machine needles, a tracking
system, and an internet-controlled roomba will solve this problem.

--S

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Don French <dcfrench at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Shannon Lee
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