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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

This, but unironically. https://t.co/DFVPG7FMqO

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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Growing crickets on poop eating mushrooms. Then turning said crickets into biopulp (food?) & chitin, that later can can then be combined with cellulose to make plastic. https://t.co/mZMNl6NqSkThe question I would need to answer is can this be turned into a filament?

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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"thought that the cicadas had picked up a fungal infection, but he found the same cells in every species that lacked Hodgkinia. These insects had clearly adopted some kind of fungus and turned it into an endosymbiont that replaced the missing bacterium."https://t.co/JBfmUWorGr

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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"Unsurprisingly, chitin is quite popular in the food industry. Apart from consumption, the biopolymer is a fantastic emulsifier and stabilizer in products. Due to being antifungal, chitin also acts as a perfect edible preservation agent."https://t.co/xlc8JTOQos

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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haha, someone figured out how to grow silk using yeast. That is one of the main components of the bioplastic!https://t.co/1H3Rf6XPeh

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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Hmm. Maybe not. I think the bioplastic is from silkworms, not spider silk.But why not?https://t.co/wCVG52L3OS

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

You are now thinking of spider butts.https://t.co/dxbOX0xZOv https://t.co/m1zYJ2nm1a

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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robotic* antshttps://t.co/CPlLpjcBNt

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

not ejaculating, vomiting.https://t.co/MJ17Hb36jx

UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

I was thinking about Weaver ants use their babies' microbes as tiny glue factories and applications in tiny swarming robot factories, of course.https://t.co/lsJL5IZmGNOf Course!https://t.co/rQoENwIUwy

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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Ideas about 3d printing robotic ants totally not inspired by the trend of 'hotglue' on 4chan. I swear this is derived from the idea of ants that vomit in a swarm.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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I can neither confirm nor deny the ideas are partly derived from wondering about ant-based golden showers."They have large mandibles, and like many other ant species, they are able to spray formic acid from their abdomens"https://t.co/OT0kMvufzA

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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Oh hey! It might actually work.https://t.co/eGRuqUSPJnhttps://t.co/YKYzAQ2fxr https://t.co/nDz3SMGcwM

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 6 years ago

What is convergent evolution? Why would game theory imply similar successful strategies within a similar environment and similar demands on two different organisms.https://t.co/9iZfRJHyIj

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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I wanna grow metal. Apparently so does @EmporiumThought Maybe one day I'll be up for running a lab myself.https://t.co/M8Sog8ENsE

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 5 years ago

TL:DR: I wanna figure out how to get bacteria to build a "honey comb" out of metallic ion deposition by manipulating them with lasers, and then use that to act as the crystal forming sites for metal formation via electricity.https://t.co/oZjM0pWzLP

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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Just another day working the thought mines at PraetorLabs https://t.co/TVPkb1myfI

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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"Plastic parts and glueDoing everything I can doTo build the robots"🎶https://t.co/r4D9N9YlRChttps://t.co/A4NOASt4mc

UltimApe@ultimape• over 10 years ago

Put robotic ants on Mars.#MyDreamIn5Words

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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Listen, someone said save the bees. I'm preparing for a time when we need tiny organic robotic drones to ejaculate pollen on flowers. And I want them to be biodegradable. The jokes write themselves.https://t.co/HkfcUIeA89

UltimApe@ultimape• over 4 years ago

Reading about how strict the semen import rules are for horses in iceland and all I can think about is how Australia has laws about the import of bee semen framed under biosecurity. https://t.co/slacPeM8q9 https://t.co/k2dHqCHiaP

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 4 years ago

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Bees are already becoming plastic cyborgs.Why not ants?https://t.co/nKvhwj7TOQ

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Leaf-cutter Bees are using green plastic sheets, and Resin Bees are using polyurethane sealant. How weird is that?https://t.co/T8F40KoVTG

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