Hamsters have been taught to play video games, and now, trading various cryptocurrency assets. Meet Mr. Goxx, the world’s first crypto-trading hamster, who spends his time in an apartment-like living space, complete with a separate office for his money making ventures. Put simply, the office consists of an “intention wheel” in which he runs on to select a currency to trade, while two tunnels allow him to buy or sell the currency selected with the wheel. Read more for two videos and additional information.
The “intention wheel” is then connected to an Arduino Nano with an optical encoder. This tiny computer detects the hamster’s presence in the “buy” or “sell” tunnel and then proceeds to light up status LEDs when it wants to execute a trade. The Nano is also capable of communicating with an custom Java program that overlays information on the live video feed and then executes trades in real-time with actual currency. Want to see how it’s doing? Live updates are posted to Twitter after each trading day is completed.
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