Ah, perfect. My two most horrific fears combined: insects and self-aware machinery.

You know, sometimes people spend so much time worrying about whether they can do something, they forget to ask if they should do it. I’m not one to usually stand in the way of progress or human ingenuity, but these I-Insect Robotic Bugs? Are you kidding me?

They’re robots. Robots that behave like bugs. They run around in random patterns, probably trying to find a warm, dark place in your house to lay eggs or something. And that’s appealing to…kids? I guess?

Sure, a nano-bot is a cool thing. They’re neat! And the fact that they move despite having no moving parts is pretty cool, too. You can corner them and they’ll find a way out, flip them over and they’ll flip right back, but more importantly can I flip out and spray them with a half a can of RAID when I find one in the kitchen cabinets?

No. I can’t. Because they don’t make RAID that works on robots. Yet.

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