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RC Submarine Lays Fiber Through Sewers In Italy

Posted by timothy on from the let's-not-see-the-camera-view-please dept.

Francesco Fondi writes "An Italian Company is using RC scale model submarines to lay fiber through Milan's sewage system. The RC submarine used is the Neptune SB-1, produced by Taiwanese company Thunder Tiger. It costs ca $600 in US hobby shops." In Italian, but the pictures speak for themselves.

5 of 122 comments (clear)

  1. No Shit? by Elvis77 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No Shit?

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    The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed (SK)
  2. You'll probably by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...get a shit connection. There, I said it.

  3. Great.. by FrostedWheat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even mutant turtles get better broadband than me.

  4. In soviet Italy... by migla · · Score: 5, Funny

    In soviet Italy, the crap is full of internet.

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    Some of my favourite people are from th US; Vonnegut, Chomsky, Bill Hicks.
  5. Slashdotted by jimallison86 · · Score: 5, Informative

    If only the pictures would load, it seems to be slashdotted.

    Google cache link: http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:phzPunjGi58J:www.hobbymedia.it/14893/sottomarino-radiocomandato+http://www.hobbymedia.it/14893/sottomarino-radiocomandato&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-a