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EARTHDATE: January 30, 2011

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REAL LIFE NEWS: CAMEL RACING GOES ALL SCIENCE FICTION

by Hazed

Actually, camel racing has been kind of sci-fi for quite a while, because the races aren't run using human jockeys but robots.

That's right, they have robot camel jockeys.

But now it gets even stranger because you can throw in stun guns! Police in Dubai have uncovered a gang of dealers who were selling electric stun gun kits, for up to £5,000 (around $8,000). The stun guns were then fitted to the robot jockeys to administer electric shocks to make the camels run faster.

You can read more about this amazing story here.

Arming robots with stun guns sounds like madness - one day they will turn on us and take over the world!


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