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Swiss researchers want to build edible robots. So far they've developed edible batteries and other components, and say there may be a surprisingly wide range of use cases for edible robots.. (techxplore.com)
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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

It's a justification for useless technology.

"Hey, we have an idea that has no practical use-case...BUT, we can make it edible. Amirite?"