Of the few iMac hamster cages we’ve seen before, this one just takes the seed-biscuit. Gutted and then added with a Rotastak-like tube, its hamster-tenant turns the cogs and occasionally eats some bits. Watch the video at Gizmodo Japan
Nanopiezoelectric research hopes to pull tiny amounts of power from minuscule movements, like breathing. Now, Georgia Tech researchers have made a nanopiezoelectric jacket for hamsters that successfully generates .1 volts of electricity.
Sure, a Roomba will methodically and accurately clean your floors, but wouldn’t it be more fun to let chaos reign by throwing the controls of your robotic vacuum over to a hamster?
The answer is four, say scientists at Georgia Tech. If you are high now or plan to be soon, watch this video a few times. You can thank me later. [Full Story: Technology Review]
Most hamsters are content to hang out on a wheel all day. The intrepid prefer a ball. But the truly courageous, they long to go where no hamster has gone before.
Continuing with its series of animal robots designed to entertain kids, tenderise adults, and more importantly, don’t poop, Sega is going to start selling their Hamster robot in Japan this August. The 3.5-inch robot is fluffy, does cute cute cute things, and you only need to feed it four batteries. Hamsters everywhere, it’s back to Burger King time for all of you furry things you. [Impress Robot Watch]
I’ve never decided if the hamster wheel is a cruel or kind invention. On one hand, it keeps the otherwise inert hamster in shape. On the other, that hamster getting nowhere quickly. This LEGO elevator leaves me, again, floating in moral ambiguity. One one hand, it’s LEGO and a convenient elevator. On the other…well, just watch the clip. Poor little guy. [via Neatorama]
