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Robot Goat Feeds on Broken Dreams
Posted by Mark Wilson at 12:11 AM on November 3, 2007
Gamblers at Tokyo's Edogawa Kyotei boat races have a (better?) solution than just throwing away their losing tickets. Because now, players can feed them to a robot goat. When the ticket is placed up to the goat's mouth, a sensor is tripped, cuing the goat to chomp away at finger ticket stubs. Consuming about 500 tickets a day, the robogoat is intended to bring good luck to gamblers in their next race. Not to be a buzzkill or anything, but if the mascot really worked, the goat wouldn't be eating so many tickets every day. [asahi via pinktentacle]
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pdok
Posted 8:39 PM 2/11/07
What you don't see is what all those tickets are turned into...
pdok
DJJS
Posted 3:47 PM 2/11/07
@TerryinSt.Paul: HA! nice icon..
Maybe they should send one of these to Brittany spears or that other lame chick paris.. see what they can do with it?
DJJS
ScotSax17
Posted 3:17 PM 2/11/07
They need to install one of these at Wrigley Field.
99 Years and counting people.
ScotSax17
TerryinSt.Paul
Posted 2:49 PM 2/11/07
@greysky:
Im sorry, I don't have a comment. I just wanted to get my avatar out there.
TerryinSt.Paul
thedancingrogue
Posted 1:31 PM 2/11/07
They're missing an opportunity here. A modified version of this, i.e. smaller and more interactive, could greatly promote recycling in schools and shopping centers.
thedancingrogue
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 1:00 PM 2/11/07
@Murph1908: No.
92BuickLeSabre
kevjohn
Posted 12:06 PM 2/11/07
All you goat-humping Appalachians better beware, Terminator Goat is coming!
kevjohn
Murph1908
Posted 11:59 AM 2/11/07
Cool. If I feed it my Cubs 2007 NLCS tickets, will that help cure the curse?
Murph1908
Guizzy
Posted 11:00 AM 2/11/07
Now I wonder... Do Androids Dream of Electric Goats?
Guizzy
greysky
Posted 10:59 AM 2/11/07
okay lets stay away from farm animal fantasies now
greysky
alin0steglinski
Posted 10:46 AM 2/11/07
and here i thought he was putting his iPod into the goat ha ha ha
alin0steglinski
strider_mt2k
Posted 10:27 AM 2/11/07
Eww goat-see!
strider_mt2k
Zanderkinn
Posted 2:28 AM 3/11/07
Spokane, Washington had one of these for the longest time. However it didn't chew and was made out of brass. It used a vacuum to suck garbage out of your hand. As a little kid I was terrified of it.
Zanderkinn