Like its scaly counterpart, Water Runner uses a rapid slapping motion of the "feet" that provides enough propulsion for the bot to avoid sinking or tipping over.

ENGADGET: The miraculous CMU Water Runner

Although it probably won't win a following of apostles for the feat, Carnegie Mellon University bot Water Runner's ability to, well, walk on water, is at least worthy of a small write-up in a gadget blog, we think.

ENGADGET: The miraculous CMU Water Runner

It's enough water for over 7.5 litres per runner.

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Upon seeing a guest returning from a run, a doorman outside radios in so that just as he crosses the threshold, the runner is greeted with a bottle of water and a hand towel.

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New GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich has gotten into some hot water lately over his comment that child labor laws should be amended or even repealed to allow kids to earn money in school by cleaning bathrooms or working in the cafeteria.

FORBES: Newt's Right: Put the Kids to Work

Runner-up: While it represents a new high water mark in networked media support for home consoles, the Xbox 360 does not allow personal media other than natively ripped CDs to be stored on its hard disk.

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The first relay runner to take the flame was Greece's Liverpool-born open water swimming champion Spyros Gianniotis.

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