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"Subhuman Project" Human Powered Submarine
overThruster writes "Inventor Ted Ciamillo and marine biologist Frank Fish (yes, that's his real name) are at work on a human-powered sub designed to cross the Atlantic. What's interesting is the highly efficient propulsion system which uses a 'tail' modeled after CAT scans of a dolphin's. From the article: 'Ciamillo and Fish say they knew they were onto something when the first prototype Lunocet, a piece of sculpted foam sandwiched between two pieces of carbon fiber, essentially swam by itself. When they released it at the bottom of a test pool, its buoyancy combined with its cambered shape generated a forward thrust that made it scoot across the tank.'"
Er, "fricken' laser beams, I mean...
Scientists eaten by sharks. "They looked delicious" - JAWS
Overheard at Frank's (yes, that's his real name) retirement: "So long, and thanks for all, Fish."
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Better than Hunley.
The cost of that cleanup, of course, will be borne by taxpayers, not industry.
Bob Dobbs couldn't have designed a better sub himself.
I claim prior art! Hell, I am prior art!
Only three things are certain; death, taxes, and apocryphal quotations - Ben Franklin.
They hate because the U.S. government is an obnoxious self-righteous bully that still acts like it owns the damned planet.
To be fair, the US only acts like it owns the bioshpere.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Does his middle name begin with "N"?