Google patents an adhesive that sticks pedestrians to cars that hit them

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Filing a patent is nice, but I want to see testing of the prototype!

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Pah! Back in my day, weā€™d hang on to the hood all on our own!

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Carmageddon: old and busted.

Caramari Damacy: new hotness.

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Iā€™m amused by the prospect of self-driving cars pootling around our cities blissfully unaware they have pedestrians stuck all over the hood.

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Can you imagine hitting a deer or other animals on the road and have them get stuck to the front of your car?

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OK so when i finally lose it I now know what i will be doing.

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Bad news for hit and run driversā€¦

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Google patents an adhesive

Is it biodegradable?

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I find something very nice and surreal about the use of the word ā€œsceneryā€ in that context.

Iā€™m imagining a character in a loud suit flying slowly into some over-saturated cardboard cut-out shrubs.

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Stock feature on the next VW ā€œBugā€

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Itā€™s too bad that Rob Ford couldnā€™t test this technologyā€¦

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32cQDz7lgv8

Not only would it have been safer for the councillors and camera crew he ran into, but it would soon look like Katamari Damacy - Rob Ford Edition.

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I just filed my patent for a giant wiper that will dislodge the pedestrian and then rinse any unfortunate excretions from the hood of the car.

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Yeah, heā€™s dead. Makes it a bit tough!

Rob Ford is dead?

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http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/rob-ford-still-dead/75416/1

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We should probably start a thread about itā€¦

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Or looking out a window of your house and seeing an alley cat stuck there.

Or the football that belongs (or used to belong) to the kid next door.

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Thanks for the ride, lady!

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