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Old 07-14-2009, 08:23 PM
 
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A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.
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Old 07-14-2009, 09:20 PM
 
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Huh;I saw that movie in 1956;I believe.
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Old 07-14-2009, 10:24 PM
 
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Huh;I saw that movie in 1956;I believe.
Hmmmmmmmmm

I think another similiar movie was in 1972 called Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston

A future remake will be starring Monsanto
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Old 07-17-2009, 07:59 AM
 
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As if mankind did not have more urgent problems to investigate and solve...
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