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刚NG“A。wo。‘oI………-；GizmosandGadgetsNewsLifeAdviceTheStoryoftheAntFarm蚂蚁家的故事BackgroundStoryThefirstsuchtoyproductwasin—ventedaround1929andpatentedin1931byFrankEugeneAustin.aninventorandprofessorattheThayerSchoolofEngineeringatDartmouthCollege.Until1956，UncleMiltonIndustries，Inc.inWestlakeVillage,California，madethebest—knownanteducationaltoy,named”AntFarm”andretailingforS2.98.Theantfarmtookaleapforwardin2003.TheNASASpaceShuttleexperimentstudiedanimallifeinspaceandoneofthehexapodsthattheyselectedwastheant.Theytestedhowantssuccessfullytunnelinmicrogravity.Theytestedarangeofmaterialsfortheants’spaceflight,tryingtofindsomethingthatcouldwithstandthestressofIaunchandspacetravelwhileprovidingthemwithfood.ResearchersattheUni—versityofColorado，Boulder,settledonagelmadewithseaweedextract.Whiletheseantsnormallyfeastedongrassseedsandinsectparts，thegel，chock-fullofaminoacids，sugars，andfungicides，kepttheantswellnourished.Today‘Smodernantfamlisbasedonthistechnology.0q2硼mftSeptember2007