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The mouse trap includes a small treadmill hooked up to a miniature dc generator. When the mouse runs on the treadmill, electricity is stored in a battery. The trick is getting the mouse to run on the treadmill. One idea is to poke an electrode into the pleasure center of its brain. Then you divert
a small amount of electricity from the generator to the electrode. The mouse runs faster on the treadmill to get the electrical stimulation of the pleasure center. Granted, it's probably a bit tricky to get the electrode in the right place.
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Damn ! I was hoping this would be a WIBNI to synthesise mousetraps from the dust and shit floating around in the atmosphere. I'm not sure why you would want such a device, but hey... |
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This device? Use it to recharge the batteries for kids' toys. |
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[Unabubba] Don't go there again. |
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Like [PeterSealy], I thought this was a device to create better mousetraps. |
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Don't go where again? Kids' toys, or Star Trek Vermin Control WIBNIs? |
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it could power more electric mice in more traps that in turn, power more electric mice in more traps etc. etc. lights up national grid eventually. |
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At what point does it reach critical mouse? |
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I thought like phoenix, but i hoped like the board game, that this would be a version of the Mousetrap boardgame where instead of constructing the same mousetrap each time, you would get to design and build an original mousetrap out of weird plastic bits. |
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(And surely a fox or tiger trap would give more energy. Or a mantrap.) |
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D'OH! Sorry [PeterSealy]. 'Course I was referring to [UnaBubba]'s annotation. And [UnaBubba], I was referencing an idea from last year when a number of us got into a debate about solar powered toys (and whether or not they should have rechargable batteries). |
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I started that discussion. Just ploughing the same field for a new crop. |
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You'd get even more energy from a cheetah or (better yet) a monster truck trap. |
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