Ad of the Day: Qualcomm

Check out the world's first 100 percent insect-powered smartphone

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We've seen guinea pigs produce electricity for Geico. Now, Qualcomm goes even smaller—getting insects, spiders and scorpions to power its latest smartphones.

The company's latest online video, "Bug Circus Generator," created by the Denizen Company, shows just that—a customized miniature bug circus that generates power to charge a Qualcomm cell phone. You've got a praying mantis riding a unicycle, a tarantula on a treadmill, Darkling beetles balanced on Ping-Pong balls, and a scorpion walking the "Wheel of Death."

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