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FishPi: Raspberry Pi Powered Autonomous Boat To Cross the Ocean

Posted by Unknown on from the dolphins-protest-sea-drone-program dept.

lukehopewell1 writes "The Raspberry Pi is a triumph in computing, and it's now set to become a triumph in robotics as one developer plans to build a model boat around it and sail it across the Atlantic Ocean, completely unmanned. It's codenamed FishPi and will see a model boat sail across the Atlantic all by itself save for a camera, GPS module, compass and solar panels." The creator is posting updates on the build progress using a forum on his website.

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  1. Bingo! (SlashDot Bingo) by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    "BitCoin"..."Raspberry Pi"...Bingo!

  2. Re:So... by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would have made a tiny robotic pumpkin carriage and called it a Pumpkin Pi. But that's just me.

  3. Re:drone boats - subs by RichMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Make it an underwater glider and give homeland security another panic attack.

  4. Should have called it PiSeas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    get it?

  5. Re:eBay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Breaking news: Somali pirates are now in the Atlantic. And now we go to Steve for the weather.

  6. Re:Low carriage capacity by h4rr4r · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you make it a little bigger. Better yet get rid of the hull. Just press your drugs into a boat like shape, seal that in plastic and install the hardware to turn it into a DrugFishPi.

    I am not sure how you would know which modem is a drug one or not. The only data the drugfishpi needs to send is final location.

  7. Re:So... by Razgorov+Prikazka · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would do the same, but make two, and call it pumpkin Tau!

    Oh... wait... what? That's not where you were heading?

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