Woman makes animatronic Ratatouille rat that can move her muscles

Nov 05, 2024

Cooking up a stellar invention.Inspired by the Pixar movie “Ratatouille,” where a rat named Remy directs chef Alfredo Linguini on how to cook by pulling his hair, Athena Leong made an animatronic rat that can move her arms. The 24-year-old used a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) machine to mirror the plushie’s movements by sending...