Toy demands that kids catch crickets and stuff them into an electronic car
by Cory Doctorow from on (#X8Y8)
The Bug Racer is Mattel's $50 electronic "science" car toy that requires that you fill a sensor cavity with up to six crickets; the toy measures the crickets' movement in the cavity and uses them to guide the car's movements (though the car will reverse when it hits an obstacle, regardless of the crickets' movement). (more")