If your a big supporter of mice rights, you might want to think twice before putting the Mousetrap Coffee Table in your home or office.
With a function as sinister as its name implies, the incredibly awesome and completely cool Mousetrap Coffee Table not only traps mice, but also digests them in order to create energy. Yes, you read that correctly; it digests mice and converts them into power.
Implications - The co-designer Professor Chris Melhuish said that the idea came from wanting robots "to be able to get their own energy from the environment.†The idea that robots are getting more humanized is incredibly futuristic and also slightly terrifying at the same time!
Mouse-Feasting Furniture
The Mousetrap Coffee Table Turns Wayward Rodents Into Power
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