chocchick Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7458531.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Come on, Muriel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Very clever but not sure about practical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Love it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 very good, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 Very clever but not sure about practical! It's art The website is quite cute (not that I normally like snails) and they seem to have a nice home with lettuce and other distractions http://www.boredomresearch.net/rsm/index.html I am amused that Muriel has not delivered a message yet. Extract from the website: Our snails are equipped with a miniaturised electronic circuit and antenna that enables them to be assigned messages from hardware located within their enclosure. The moment you click ‘send’ your message will travel at the speed of light to our snail server where it will await collection by a snail agent. Once associated with the tiny electronic chip on the snails shell your message will be carried around until the snail chances by the drop off point. Hardware located at this point collects the message from the snail and forwards it to its final destination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Oh dear! I do hope that Muriel wasn't the snail I accidently trod on last night when I went to check the girls before bedtime. I hate hearing that specific crunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I just love their disclaimer on the website: "For testing purposes some messages may be forwarded sooner than expected. Sorry we can not guarantee unreliability of service at this time. We hope to have RealSnailMail working less predictably as soon as possible." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 Oh dear! I do hope that Muriel wasn't the snail I accidently trod on last night when I went to check the girls before bedtime. I hate hearing that specific crunch. They seem to have a lovely tank so I'm sure she is safe Yuk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I've just tried to send a snail-email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Looks like Austin is the speediest snail in there - 10 messages and an average of 1.96 days to deliver! Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
