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Finally ... RoboShark!

Posted by timothy on from the sans-frickin'-lasers dept.

Noryungi writes "Cousteau's grandson has built a robotic replica of a great white shark to better observe these animals in their natural environment. The robot-slash-submarine is able to mingle with the great white, and not draw their attention, thanks to a closed-circuit pneumatic propulsion system and cleverly disguised cameras. Do not miss the nice pictures next to the Wired article. Let the Dr Evil joke begin!"

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  1. Re:Bringing in the New Regime... by joeldg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if I had mod points.. this would go away..

    welcome to being relegated to the backburner of the boring nerd-ville...

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  2. Re:Veggie Boy by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    There's still the matter of the cheese, oh smarmy AC. He didn't say 'lacto-ovo.'

    Yup. I live in Austin Texas alright.

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  3. Re:What about electricity... by bn557 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    duh? they ground it with one of those wrist bracelets you wear while working on your computer. Onli it's yellow like the lance armstrong ones so the other sharks think the shark is standing up for sharks with just one ball racing across europe...

    p

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