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You’ll Never Be Late For Dinner

Posted on September 9, 2009 by eidolon

I may have mentioned in the past that I love clocks.

But the clocks I mentioned earlier share one enormous failing: they aren’t powered by consuming life itself.

Well, now, finally somebody has seen fit to remedy this.

It’s late and I’m tired, so I’ll cut to the chase: this clock derives its power from digesting insects.

I think we all agree that it’s inevitable that the insect clock will eventually breed with the EATR.  Their offspring will combine all the killing capacity of the best DARPA projects with the clock’s insatiable hunger for living flesh. 

 

2 thoughts on “You’ll Never Be Late For Dinner”

  1. Ty says:
    September 10, 2009 at 2:56 am

    This is why I don’t wear a watch.

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  2. S.C. Butler says:
    September 22, 2009 at 9:06 am

    I want to see the mouse powered version.

    And, unless they stick this thing in the Amazon rain forest, where’s it going to find enough bugs? Obviously the idea isn’t entirely bug-free yet.

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