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The standard mousetrap is a design classic, but we think it can be improved on. This week's challenge is to do just that: we want a better, more efficient, 21st Century trap.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 20:35)
Get the little buggers using Science

Previously: Rocketry
EDIT: Now with improved cheese physics
(, Sat 30 Aug 2008, 16:05, More)
Mice can be hypnotised by overly complicated machinery - use this to your advantage.

Click for stupidly wide version (still 242k)
Previously:
Cheeses
Lasers
Portals
Rocketry
Inspired by ManekiNeko's brilliant contraption, so thank you very much ManekiNeko, you lovely person.
(, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 18:44, More)
My 10 year old son wanted to enter this

for teh compo. He was lookingo ver my shoulder as I was b3taing, y'see.
(, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 15:14, More)
Cheese. They bloody love it.

edit: *phew* A lost Saturday. I'm delighted there are people still here on b3ta. Cheers all. :)
(, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 0:19, More)
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BTW: it's impossible to improve on the good old fashioned mouse trap.
We tried LOADS of different sorts and only caught them with 4 for a pound snap and trap jobs. Use chocolate or peanut butter...
EDIT: oh how rude... ningles all!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 9:21, More)

The standard mousetrap is a design classic, but we think it can be improved on. This week's challenge is to do just that: we want a better, more efficient, 21st Century trap.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 20:35)

Previously: Rocketry
EDIT: Now with improved cheese physics
(, Sat 30 Aug 2008, 16:05, More)

Click for stupidly wide version (still 242k)
Previously:
Cheeses
Lasers
Portals
Rocketry
Inspired by ManekiNeko's brilliant contraption, so thank you very much ManekiNeko, you lovely person.
(, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 18:44, More)

for teh compo. He was lookingo ver my shoulder as I was b3taing, y'see.
(, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 15:14, More)

edit: *phew* A lost Saturday. I'm delighted there are people still here on b3ta. Cheers all. :)
(, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 0:19, More)

BTW: it's impossible to improve on the good old fashioned mouse trap.
We tried LOADS of different sorts and only caught them with 4 for a pound snap and trap jobs. Use chocolate or peanut butter...
EDIT: oh how rude... ningles all!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 9:21, More)






