"Subhuman Project" Human Powered Submarine 103
"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.'"
But will it have laser beams on the bow? (Score:3, Funny)
Can't Wait For the Next Headline ... (Score:4, Funny)
And at (Score:5, Funny)
Overheard at Frank's (yes, that's his real name) retirement: "So long, and thanks for all, Fish."
Re:A Subhuman Project, eh? (Score:4, Funny)
Better than Hunley.
Re:Interesting (Score:2, Funny)
Bob Dobbs couldn't have designed a better sub himself.
Patent infringement! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:And then the DHS... (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Must ask first: (Score:1, Funny)
Does his middle name begin with "N"?