The science is flawless but the economy might have ramifications for their life expectancy…
A $30,000 pollution sniffing Carp is a miracle of modern robotics, like mine they’re likely to ignore flies, but with the hardship suffered by the global fishing community, what’s preventing a canny angler from upending a 55 gallon drum of fuel oil into the bay, and then running a drift net through its plume?
UK scientists plan on releasing a half dozen of these finned sniffing machines into the murky waters of Gijon, Spain. If successful we could expect to see the devices deployed in both freshwater and salt.
Each robot fish is armed with autonomous navigation capabilities, allowing them to swim around the port without the need of human intervention. They also can return automatically to a charging station when their batteries run low after about eight hours of use.
Wi-Fi allows the offload of data collected and if your yacht is pumping its bilge at the wrong time, you could earn a visit by the local constabulary.
The movie shows an uncanny swimming motion, perhaps our next trophy venue will include robotic steelhead capable of snapping trees and hawser cable.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYvyiruWzYo[/youtube]
But before you clap with glee, you may want to watch Westworld a second time.
Luckily, I heard about this before the program went public and was able to stock up on robocarp flies before everyone else. Check it out:
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00ZhaTKREnIQkfM/IC-Transistor.jpg
Thanks a frig’n bunch!
After scrimping and saving and depleting the remainder of our emaciated 401K we are finally going to northern Spain. Our plan was to consume copious amounts of the local vino and tapas, with fresh seafood a specialty.
Now you are telling me I need to be concerned about polluted waters, or even worse, chipping my tooth on a grilled, garlic infused, lemon pepper metal fish.
At least with the Little Stinking in my backyard, I know what to expect.
Any idea what happens when one of those tasty looking carp gets eaten by a seal, sea lion, or some other predator?