This Robot Roach Can Jump Five Feet High

Warning. Read any further, and your fear of cockroaches will be kicked up several notches. That’s because a collaboration between South Korea’s Seoul National University and UC Berkeley has created it’s latest unholy robot. Yes, mankind has built a robot cockroach that can crawl around and also jump five feet in the air.

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It is called the JumpRoACH, naturally. It weighs two-ounces and has six crawling feet and a diamond-shaped jumping/launching mechanism powered by eight latex bands and a DC motor. What is groundbreaking here is the robo-roach’s ability to control the power of its catapult mechanism, and time its launch so it makes the jump.

It can’t fly yet, but it does have wings that it can open to flip itself over onto its feet. Give them time and these things will be flying. Then what will stop them? Nothing. After the nukes drop, real and robo-roaches will one day fight for control over the planet.

[via Popsci via Engadget]

These Game of Thrones Inspired Candles Hatch Baby Dragons

These awesome candles will make you the Mother or Father of Dragons. Just light them up and wait patiently for your dragon hatchling to arrive. Who knew that getting your own baby dragons was so easy?

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Each egg candle gradually melts to reveal a porcelain dragon inside, so you are getting a cool candle that provides light and a toy you get to kerep, all in one. The dragon that you get will be random. It might be red, green or a black dragon. These may be the coolest unofficial Game of Thrones merchandise yet. And you have to admit, they are pretty adorable.

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You will definitely want to collect them all and then keep a couple of unlit candles as they are. Light yourself on fire and head over to Firebox to order yours now. They’re £29.99 (~$40 USD) each.

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[via Geekologie]

Samsung Outs Injustice Themed S7 Edge Batphone

To celebrate the third anniversary of the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, Samsung and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have teamed up to release a limited edition Batphone for your utility belt.

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The Galaxy S7 Edge Injustice Edition is a sleek, black version of Samsung’s Android phone, with gold detailing and the very necessary bat symbol on the back. But that isn’t all you get. It comes with even more goodies for your batcave. It also comes with the Gear VR headset, Injustice game credits, and Oculus VR content vouchers.

If you are a Batman fan who has to have this in your life, the limited-edition phone will available early next month, but only in select territories like China, Singapore, South Korea, Latin America and Russia. More countries will follow, but I doubt we will see it in North America.

[via TheFireWire]