Datum 2014
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the sort that Bond used to conceal his identity from prying
eyes. The $79.00 Vehicle Plate Flipper doesn't allow you to
impersonate a Swiss or French driver, but it does flip down
at a 90 degree angle at the press of a button to display a
message on an underlying plate for the driver behind you.
There's also a special $74.99 version for motorcycles.
Robot That Devours Insects and Rodents
At this point, robotic vacuum sweepers, singing
androids and mechanical dogs are old hat. But British
inventors Jimmy Loizeau and James Auger have made a
quantum leap with the Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment
Robot, an automation that would stalk and devour mice
We're not sure that this gadget will ever become
widely popular, though, in part because some of the device's
conceivable uses -- hiding your identity from red light
cameras and police, or provoking tailgaters with taunting
messages -- could get drivers in a lot of trouble. Indeed, the
company that sells the device attaches a disclaimer to its
Web site, warning that the gadgets are "STRICTLY intended
for off-road use only" and informing potential customers
that they take responsibility "for all liabilities associated
with the use or misuse of our product" .
and insects, and then eat them and digest their bodies to
Portable Cat-toy Park
produce its own power.They've come up with five different
concepts, including the mousetrap coffee table robot,
which is designed to lure unwary vermin onto its surface,
which contains a trap door triggered by motion sensors.
which his pet cat figures out how to imitate his voice and
Comedian Steve Martin used to have a routine in
Rodent victims trapped by the device would be chemically
orders $3,000 worth of cat toys from a mail-order company.
dismantled and fed to a microbial fuel cell.
The bit certainly resonated with cat owners, who know how
easily felines can get into mischief when they're trying to
A light on the side of the device would inform the
alleviate boredom. In 2009, a New York-based inventor was
owner of how much energy is being produced by the auto-
granted a patent for one possible solution: a fold-up "cat toy
extermination. Other configurations include the Lampshade
park" equipped with a scratching post, a tunnel for crawling
Robot, which would lure flies and moths to their doom, a
through, a hanging chew toy, and most ingeniously, a tube
Cobweb Robot that would trick spiders into weaving webs
equipped with a fan that blows colored balls around a mesh
and then extract and feed them into its fuel cell, and the
tube, a game that's "devised to occupy one or more cats".
Flypaper Robotic Clock.
License Plate Flipper
While cat fanciers may applaud the in