In addition to completely freaking us out
Being Trapped In a Building Seems Less Scary Than This Robot Snake Rescuing You
Posted in: Today's Chili We’ve been pretty harsh on Carnegie Mellon University’s artificial snake, which, admittedly, is an impressive piece of robotic engineering. But seeing it randomly writhe around while it tries to make its way across the floor and over obstacles will never not be unsettling. More »
We’ve been following the development of Carnegie Mellon’s robotic snake for some time now. And as much as it’s a brilliant piece of technology, it’s also downright scary how realistically it can slither across the ground or up a tree. But it turns out that’s no where near as unsettling as its latest trick. More »
Snake robots have a staggering ability to be both graceful and terrifying, but this one developed by CMU Biorobotics is just cute. And it could help save your life someday by slithering through debris and surveying the scene with its cyclopean eye. More »
Guam’s Solving Its Snake Problem With a Horrifying Rain of Poisoned Mouse Paratroopers
Posted in: Today's Chili Guam has a problem with brown tree snakes. Specifically, it has two million brown tree snakes, and they’re slowly decimating other native species. So scientists have come up with a solution, the only logical one really: fill a bunch of dead mice with painkillers, give each corpse a tiny parachute, and throw them all out of helicopters into the jungle. No but really. More »
Do snakes freak you out? How about the idea of being hunted down and killed by robots either of their own accord, or on orders from someone else? If you said yes to either of those questions, chances are you’ll find this video a little freaky, but enthralling nonetheless. More »
Ironically, dying at the hands of a real python would probably be less agonizing than the prolonged torture of consuming this eight foot long, 26 pound, 36,720 calorie gummy snake. You can grab one in Blue Raspberry/Green Apple or Red Cherry/Blue Raspberry for $150; just make sure your last will and testament is complete before ordering. More »
We Need To Stop Developing These Creepy Pole Climbing Robot Snakes Immediately [Video]
Posted in: Today's Chili Watching this robotic snake almost effortlessly slither its way up a pole and onto this researcher’s arm leads to one obvious conclusion—this research must be stopped. Like immediately. More »