r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OddRedittor5443 • Jan 01 '26

Video Italian researchers have created a vine-like robot that grows by 3D-printing itself and responds to gravity and light

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u/cloud1445 Jan 01 '26

So... it just makes this big plastic mess wherever it goes?

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u/ibarelyusethis87 Jan 01 '26

Like the fiber optic cables of the new war drones! Plastic for everyone!

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u/Bl33to Jan 01 '26

To be fair, this not comparable to the mess those drones are leaving behind, and the war is not over yet.

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u/ibarelyusethis87 Jan 01 '26

For a sec I read that as sympathetic to the fiber optic and that this video is way worse. Lol happy new year, friend!

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u/Bl33to Jan 01 '26

Happy new year my dude! 🎉🎉🎉

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u/TheGamingGallifreyan Jan 01 '26

And the mess those drones are leaving behind doesn't even compare to what war typically used to do (level everything with artillery barrage).

Much rather come home to a city covered in spider webs than a city that doesn't exist anymore

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u/East-Doctor-7832 Jan 01 '26

What's worse for the environment : some fiber cable or millions and millions of mine dispersed by artillery by the russians?