Taxpayer Money Spent on Robots That Fold Laundry, Shrimp on Treadmills

By on March 15, 2013 in WACKY NEWS

You’ve probably heard of shrimp on the barbie, but what about shrimp on a treadmill?

The National Science Foundation has, and it spent $500,000 of taxpayer money researching it. It’s not entirely clear what this research hoped to establish.

But it’s one of a number of projects cited in a scathing new report from Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, exclusively obtained by ABC News.

It’s not just shrimp on a treadmill. The foundation spent $1.5 million to create a robot that can fold laundry. But before you try to buy one to save some time, consider that it takes the robot 25 minutes to fold a single towel.

The list goes on. Lots of people love to use FarmVille on Facebook, but lots of people probably don’t love the government’s spending $300,000 in taxpayer money to study whether it helps build personal relationships.

PHOTO: The National Science Foundation has, and it spent $500,000 of taxpayer money studying research involving a shrimp on a treadmill.

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The National Science Foundation has, and it spent $500,000 of taxpayer money studying research involving a shrimp on a treadmill.
 
“What it says to me is, they have too much money if they’re going to spend money on things like that,” Coburn said in an interview.

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ABC News’ Auzzie Deen and Bret Hovell contributed to this report.

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