http://www.boredomresearch.net/rsm/index.html

Quote :

"Our snails are equipped with a miniaturised electronic circuit and antenna that enables them to be assigned messages from hardware located within their enclosure. The moment you click ‘send’ your message will travel at the speed of light to our snail server where it will await collection by a snail agent. Once associated with the tiny electronic chip on the snails shell your message will be carried around until the snail chances by the drop off point. Hardware located at this point collects the message from the snail and forwards it to its final destination."

this is great. current average time to delivery is around 48 days.

8/12/2008 8:46:25 PM

didn't click the link but if they have a webcam set up this could be the coolest thing involving snail and electronics evar!

[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 9:00 PM. Reason : They do have a webcam]

8/12/2008 8:58:10 PM

this is quite possibly the dumbest idea I have ever come across

8/12/2008 9:00:20 PM

if we could click a button that dropped salt onto the wandering area i might watch

8/12/2008 9:11:02 PM

Quote :

"Users submit e-mails that get relayed to a tank with some snails and two electronic readers. A gastropod with a chip on its shell wirelessly picks up a message from one reader and eventually moseys 50 cm to the other, at which point the missive dashes over the Internet."

8/12/2008 9:22:23 PM

sad part is that these dorks probably got a grant for this shit

8/12/2008 9:26:33 PM

one piece

8/12/2008 9:26:57 PM

8/12/2008 9:29:08 PM

sad i know about that shit.

8/12/2008 9:31:32 PM