Scientists develop artificial mouth to study complexities of chewing, digesting
By Darren Murph 
posted May 9th 2008 4:52PM
posted May 9th 2008 4:52PM
[Via The Register]
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I know this comment will get deleted (as does any comment about Gizmodo being better). But I saw this a week or so ago on that site and I don't really care to much about that (since both sites have articles about subjects that may not apear on the other) but the fact is the picture was in COLOUR.
I'm sure when you said a week, you meant 2 days, right? Same thing...
Anon is right it was posted Wednesday, two days ago.
http://gizmodo.com/388063/robot-mouth-because-chewing-is-for-luddites
well, good for gizmodo. Maybe you should read ONLY gizmodo because they seem to get everything before engadget. but honestly, I don't care, Simply for the fact that I don't read gizmodo. The comments there are childish and asinine and I really do not like their writing style.
Now, go back to your precious gizmodo and stop with the annoying "OMG HAD THIS STORY LIKE 50 YEARS AGO OMG YOU ARE SLOW!"
Just because some other site had this story on it, does not mean everyone reads that other site.
Wait...You guys actually read Gizmodo?
Whats the helium for? to make the teeth talk funny
why, those teeth will never get through the apples and saliva!!
When I ordered a mouthbot, this wasn't what I had in mind...
With teeth like that I hope you didn't realise your mistake until after you used it!
yeah, you ordered a helium-powered applejuicer by accident
Are they nuclear powered?
Oh no! They've tasted blood! Run!
That would give one nasty blow job...
But a hell of a Rim Job!
Wow... they modeled my mouth perfectly!
I wonder how satisfying it would be to masticate with an artificial mouth?
Mmmmm.... I love to masticate. In fact, i'm at work masticating right now.
MMmmm... Mastication....
-Taylor
Saliva is a gross word.
I'm thinking a Russian mail-order bride would be cheaper than this torture device.
Thats why a shitty band picked it for their name.
well thats both digusting and useless
exactly, and i think we tend to use the term "robot" far too sparingly.
I can build the exact same thing with a jar, a cordless drill, a hole-saw and some garden hose. What a waste of tax payers money.
@ McFly:
That's not what makes this not a robot. What makes this not a robot is the fact that it doesn't have any sort of control of its actions. It's robotic in that it's automated, but it's not a robot. What you would make would be just as much of one, just homemade.
you bet yer buttons it plays doom
Ok, so it chews...but...will it blend?
I want to stick the blendtec inside the robot masticator. replace the helium with nitrous and just sit back with the tank and enjoy the show.
We could test with prisoners, politicians, and some others, right? I think we'd need to test a couple of million to start with. All in favor vote accordingly.
If we were to take all the money that we use to study dumb shit like this. We could fix national debt in like 3 years. I mean seriously, what is to be gained from this? What human affliction will this help solve? I have no problem studying disease, viruses, etc. but chewing?
I will bet money to study chewing cost some company and/or tax payers MILLIONS.