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minus-squareBudgetBandit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·6 months agoI knew it was old news! I read this article 8 years ago https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3894132/Scavenger-robot-EATS-organic-matter-Soft-bodied-foraging-droid-used-clean-contaminated-water.html
minus-squareWxnzxn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoSome more summarised info without journalism sensationalism issues
minus-squareinb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoOh goddamnit of course he did. Joe Rogan elicited some conspiracy theories and media rumors after he claimed on his podcast “Joe Rogan Experience” that the robot would (or at least could) ingest human remains to keep powering itself.
I knew it was old news! I read this article 8 years ago
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3894132/Scavenger-robot-EATS-organic-matter-Soft-bodied-foraging-droid-used-clean-contaminated-water.html
Even older than that
Some more summarised info without journalism sensationalism issues
Oh goddamnit of course he did.