February 26, 2007: Terranaut

Undertoad · 02-26-2007, 10:29 AM

It's Neatorama collaboration Monday!

xoxoxoBruce finds this item which is apparently been around for a while, but I hadn't seen it before, so if it's new to me maybe it's new to you.

Seth Weiner is responsible for this thing - the camera watches where the fish goes, a computer determines where the fish is moving and moves the vehicle in that direction.

The YouTube video of it only makes it a little less mind-boggling; the vehicle doesn't really move that fast. And the fish has a pretty simple nervous system and probably wouldn't figure out, exactly, that it was somehow hooked up to a robot that could actually move it around.

Still, freaky!

Be sure to visit Neatorama for more neato items.

Ibby · 02-26-2007, 10:40 AM

...

...Why?

Sheldonrs · 02-26-2007, 10:50 AM

Now that the fish has a bicycle, does this mean that women DO need a man?

Shawnee123 · 02-26-2007, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Now that the fish has a bicycle, does this mean that women DO need a man?

Oh God I hope not.

Happy Monkey · 02-26-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

And the fish has a pretty simple nervous system and probably wouldn't figure out, exactly, that it was somehow hooked up to a robot that could actually move it around.

Especially if they put it in a featureless white room...

lumberjim · 02-26-2007, 11:27 AM

did you see the cockroach driven one? big gd roach.....nasty

Sheldonrs · 02-26-2007, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

did you see the cockroach driven one? big gd roach.....nasty

A roach coach? hahaha

monster · 02-26-2007, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Now that the fish has a bicycle, does this mean that women DO need a man?

barefoot serpent · 02-26-2007, 01:22 PM

put some bettas in these(Siamese Fighting fish) and you could have a new version of Robot Wars.

Kingswood · 02-26-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

...

...Why?

Because some people have too much time on their hands.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2007, 05:14 PM

That sucker needs more power. Bigger motor.... 300 horse power.... maybe some flashing lights and a siren. The kind of siren that makes people get out of the way, not the kind that lures you to crash your bowl on the rocks.

Sheldonrs · 02-26-2007, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That sucker needs more power. Bigger motor.... 300 horse power.... maybe some flashing lights and a siren. The kind of siren that makes people get out of the way, not the kind that lures you to crash your bowl on the rocks.

300 SEAhorse power.

Stonan · 02-27-2007, 07:23 PM

Wait a minute... this was a Futurama Episode. S1E8 - A Big Piece of Garbage. A prof. makes a 'reverse' SCUBA suit.

Chinditz · 03-20-2007, 02:19 PM

I want one !!!!!!!

It should be cool watching one of my turtles moving around the room in one of those, chasing my girlfriends buttugly fatass cat.

(and talk about simple nervous system, they are always trying to eat the hand that feeds them (and my girlfriends buttugly fatass cat))

(wich is offcourse one of the reasons i keep the little buggers around)

xoxoxoBruce · 03-20-2007, 09:06 PM

Hello Chinditz, welcome to the Cellar.

Uh...just how big are these attack turtles?

02-26-2007, 10:29 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	February 26, 2007: Terranaut It's Neatorama collaboration Monday! xoxoxoBruce finds this item which is apparently been around for a while, but I hadn't seen it before, so if it's new to me maybe it's new to you. Seth Weiner is responsible for this thing - the camera watches where the fish goes, a computer determines where the fish is moving and moves the vehicle in that direction. The YouTube video of it only makes it a little less mind-boggling; the vehicle doesn't really move that fast. And the fish has a pretty simple nervous system and probably wouldn't figure out, exactly, that it was somehow hooked up to a robot that could actually move it around. Still, freaky! Be sure to visit Neatorama for more neato items.

02-26-2007, 10:40 AM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	... ...Why? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

02-26-2007, 10:50 AM	#3
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	This does not bode well for Feminists Now that the fish has a bicycle, does this mean that women DO need a man? __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

02-26-2007, 11:27 AM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	did you see the cockroach driven one? big gd roach.....nasty __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-26-2007, 01:22 PM	#9
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	put some bettas in these(Siamese Fighting fish) and you could have a new version of Robot Wars. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

02-26-2007, 05:14 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That sucker needs more power. Bigger motor.... 300 horse power.... maybe some flashing lights and a siren. The kind of siren that makes people get out of the way, not the kind that lures you to crash your bowl on the rocks. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-27-2007, 07:23 PM	#13
Stonan Do-er of Deeds Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cloverdale, British Columbia, Canada, Earth, Universe #42 Posts: 41	Wait a minute... this was a Futurama Episode. S1E8 - A Big Piece of Garbage. A prof. makes a 'reverse' SCUBA suit. __________________ Jesus got it wrong by one letter: The Geek shall inherit the earth...

03-20-2007, 02:19 PM	#14
Chinditz Cuius testicles habet, habet cardeum et cerebellum Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rotterdam city center Posts: 15	I want one !!!!!!! It should be cool watching one of my turtles moving around the room in one of those, chasing my girlfriends buttugly fatass cat. (and talk about simple nervous system, they are always trying to eat the hand that feeds them (and my girlfriends buttugly fatass cat)) (wich is offcourse one of the reasons i keep the little buggers around)

03-20-2007, 09:06 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hello Chinditz, welcome to the Cellar. Uh...just how big are these attack turtles? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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