In preparation for tonight’s nightmare, here is a prototype of a walking robot that will one day enslave the whole of humanity—BUT WAIT! There is a bright side: it’s powered by “Princess the Hamster”!
What you will learn from the following video:
1) Singing children should never be allowed in the laboratory.
2) This invention is simultaneously adorable, bewildering, and horrific.
3) Cats are internet commenters IRL.
And 4) If we are going to be ruled by hamster-powered overlords… well, I guess things could be worse.


Via, and more on this mini-monstrosity here.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)