Mad Science: alive and well !

[captainjack23]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16996-bionic-penguins-take-to-the-water--and-the-skies.html


OT, and a needless new thread.....but hey. It's BIONIC PENGUINS, MAN !

 

[FallingPhoenix]

Not only that, but flying bionic penguins!

 

[rust]

Ah, and I have discarded the idea of bionic dolphin robots for my new
water world setting as too futuristic for TL 9 ! :shock:

Back to my drawing board, and this time I will have my clever robotic
dolphins ... :lol:

 

[Dave Chase]

Sensor fish

http://www.news.scubatravel.co.uk/2008/08/robot-vehicle-surveys-deep-sea-off.html

I can't find it right now but water spiders about 2 feet in diameter have also been created.

And then there was the college engineering class that used micro controlers and make a swimming fish that could learn about the pool it was in like some of the room bots available for purchase today.

Dave Chase

 

[GypsyComet]

Still "robotic" surely. Is there a live penguin inside it controlling it?

Get real bionics (super-capable cybernetics) for penguins and that BBC commercial from last year's April 1st won't be a joke for long...

 

[rust]

Sensor fish

Thank you for the link.

 

[Dave Chase]

You are weclome rust.

I know a bit more about some of those things, but just didn't take the time to type it or link it.

Mimicing actual life is goal/hobby of many people, and it is interesting how some are going about it.



Dave Chase

 

[Gaidheal]

Futurama had an episode that's apropos, I seem to recall...