THIS WEEK, WHILE THE IDIOTS OF THE FREE WORLD RAN AMOK "TRYIN' TO CATCH 'EM ALL", SOME MAD SCIENTISTS WERE COMING UP WITH AUGMENTED CHARACTERS OF THEIR OWN. HEY DUM-DUMS, MEET THE WORLD'S FIRST ARTIFICIAL ANIMAL: A ROBOT-STING-RAY-THINGY (NOTE: NOT THE OFFICIAL SCIENTIFIC NOMENCLATURE) CONCOCTED FROM THE PERFECTLY COOL N' CREEPY COMBO OF 3-D PRINTING AND GENETIC ENGINEERING. *AIRHORN* LET THE NIGHTMARES BEGIN!! IT'S PRETTY FASCINATING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO 3-D PRINT A RUBBER BODY OF A RAY AND A GOLD SKELETON SO THIN THAT IT FUNCTIONS LIKE CARTILAGE, (SO FANCY!) AND YAAAAH PRETTYY UNBELIEVABLE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ADAPT RAT HEART CELLS TO RESPOND TO LIGHT FOR MOVEMENT. BUT WE MORE SO ARE UNDENIABLY FREAKED THE F-OUT BY WHAT THIS BREAKTHROUGH IN AI AND ROBOTICS WILL LEAD TO. THE GOAL OF THE SCIENTIST BEHIND THE ROBO-RAY (STILL WORKSHOPPING NAMES HERE) IS TO ONE DAY CREATE THE FIRST BIO-ARTIFICIAL HEART (THAT WE FULLY SUPPORT)....BUT WHEN WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PSYCHOTIC THE MOUNTAINS RUNNING AROUND (A LA CERSEI), WE MIGHT NOT BE SO STOKED ON THAT BIONIC <3. IN RELATED FRANKEN-NEWS, LAB GROWN MEAT IS COMING!!! HAVE YOUR ROBOT ASSISTANTS MARK YOUR I-CALS BC SOON YA'LL WILL BE EATING MEAT THAT WAS GROWN STRAIGHT FROM CELL SAMPLES. CLICK BELOW TO READ MORE ON THAT EVER-GROWING LOVE/ H8 WE HAVE W/ SCIENCE. ROBOT STINGRAY COMIN' IN HOT // TAKE A GANDER AT THAT LAB MEAT |