Mar 20 2009Okay: Robo-Fish To Detect Ocean Pollution

sweet!

TINA TURNER

Well the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You dont look at their faces
And you dont ask their names
You dont think of them as human
You dont think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall

Chorus
I'm YOUR PRIVATE DANCER
A DANCER FOR MONEY
ILL DO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO
I'm YOUR PRIVATE DANCER
A DANCER FOR MONEY
ANY OLD MUSIC WILL DO

I wanna make a million dollars
I wanna live out by the sea
Have a husband and some children
Yeah I guess I want a family
All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You dont look at their faces
And you dont ask their names
Repeat chorus twice

Deutschmarks or dollars
American express will nicely thank you
Let me loosen up your collar
Tell me do you wanna see me do the shimmy again
Repeat chorus

Or for about $50 worth of gas you can just go out on a boat and gather the data. This is all kinds of fail, especially when a larger fish eats the damn thing.

What does this fish taste like, is it anything like salmon?

It's about time, I've been waiting to use some old robot fishing tackle that's been collecting a lot of dust

The plan before was to escape to the ocean when the robot apocylpse happened.

They know this. So now they are making robot fish.

Game over man! Game over!

$30,000 and it will not even make it for the full 8 hours. it will be eaten by a larger fish or a shark before then! guaranteed. it sticks out like a soar thumb...

@6 - It's like, they know!!! Damn, now we're back to hiding in office supplies...

@4: taste like chicken
@7, you're right, why not make it look like a miniture long john silvers, cause no fish would go near it!!... as I"m sure if any of you have eaten there, no fish has actually even been in the building.
@2: Really????? How long you going to do this you f-tard. Your official name on this website now is Retardo Montebahn.

This fish look Asian. So he maybe like to eat dogs and cats and maybe pandas.

@6 it's already started, just over a year ago... http://www.poe-news.com/stories.php?poeurlid=75491

I wonder if we hook up that robot fish to a computer, if it will play the imperial death march while swimming in the sea? Fine, the batteries will only last 7 hours then, but it'd be cool. Darth Salmon on the approach!

@2
we don't need another hero

@6
its water world all over again.

I choose YOU Magikarp!!!

Karp karp

im waiting for a shark to tear that up... why make it fish looking?

Magickarp uses splash.

Has no effect

It looks rad but uh, why make it appear to be a fish? Why not keep the aquadynamic properties, but shape it in such a way its not AS attractive to other fish to eat? What would be wrong with robotic mini subs collecting data? Whatever the most aquadynamic shape is (teardrop?) should be used

So let me get this straight, we want to test the amount of unnatural substances in the water with a perfectly natural robot fish? Sounds fun! Does it self-destruct if caught by fisherman? Does it?

@19 - Deez, only if they use a robot fishnet. Otherwise, no.

That robofish is plotting on us; it's lifeless eyes are hiding something sinister and malicious.
Plus I think it's in league with the underpants gnomes AND the dryer demon. The end is now!

It's like Rorschach says, GW, never sacrifice your principles.

@PEW - You are so right. I've been dreading this day . . . we're all funked

@19

Not only will it self destruct when caught, but it will also create a five mile wide oil slick.

Have you guys ever heard of a millionaire da tin g si te called"http://www.Richpassion.com"? My friend suggestted me to find a pretty girl there because they have seen some really great girls there. Just wondering if all the girls there are looking for money rather than true love.

@25

It's the money. Now quit posting on this site before we kill you.

*Runs to the dinghy*

now, about the only application I could think of for a lifelike robot fish would be to sneak past underwater surveillance and check out enemy ports and naval installations in, say, china or north korea, just in case you hypothetically would have to send in some analogue attack divers.
if they really want it to blend in and not scare wildlife though, I can understand it, it's like when bbc made that candid film about the private life of elephants by hiding a camera in a fake heap of elephant dung.
hey, wait, that's it! why not make it a 2m long swimming whale turd!! noone would eat it!
anyway. if I payed 30 grand for harry the singing bass I would at least expect it to sing the imperial march. just give it to me! I'll make it talk!
AAArgrhr
*wrestling plastic*

It only helps until a shark eats it and chokes to death

It's Daggermouth

seriously, why are we making retarded robot fish. seriously. who gave out the research money to make a $30,000 robo fish that can't run for more than 8 hrs and will get munched on its way to finding ocean pollutants? if these people were smart, they would make and INVISIBLE fish. now that would only be slightly cooler.

I wonder what the mercury content of that thing is?

"...put it on a hook, put it on a hook. Put it on a hook, put it on a hook..."

Why not just make cute little micro-subs to do this. Making it look like a fish is like building assembly line robots that look like Mexicans.

I need one of these for my muthaphukin pool!

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holycrap. If we can pass another couple hundred billion through in 'bailout' money, we can make a freakin' army of stupid fish to find pollutants in the oceans. What the hell happens when a few hundred of them are sent out near underwater volcanos? There's a few million down the crapper. Oh, kinda like sending it all out to failing morons running financial institutions. at least the fish might provide useful service.

yeah, let's spend billions to have a fish tell us there's pollutants in them there waters! Oh my! Gasp! Really? Golly gee, how'd that happen??

Goodness gracious, golly gee! Shazam!

I want one of these for my toilet. Maybe it will be able to detect the various amounts of pollutants in the deposits I make in the toilet water.

this damn things ganna get eaten! haha

@35: Who said anything about them being funded with tax dollars?

Roboshark,robofish,looks cool to me:)

It should make a nice addition to Obama's sushi platter!

This is a great idea... untill a shark comes and eats it, then were all f***ed... some how.... IF YOUR HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT MAKE A ROBOT FISH!!

Kill a robot fish, kill a robot frog, then I ride off on my robot dog! Because...
IIII AMM MEGA MANNNNNNNNN!!! I GOTTA MUTHAF*CKIN GUN FOR A HAND!!

As a robotics engineering student i can appreciate the damn fish :P even if it is more of a fun project than a serious one.

Im sure costs could be reduced GREATLY by using more traditional propulsion methods.

And im MORE than sure the engineers who built it concidered the whole "it being eaten" thing ... it'ld have those sonic fish n shark scares on them

overall, well done on an awesome and yet functional peice of tech. :D

So... what happens if it gets caught in a fisherman's net, or on a line? Is the person going to be charged with grand theft and sent to jail?
I say... finders keepers!

Cue Jaws music...

whos writing the news ? dang dude.. i cant stand your stupid comments anymore.. jesus

fish are scary.

so funny,anyway,imao,i hope you dont mind,

I think I'll name it "Duncan"