http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/31/robotic.fish.mit/index.html

Quote :

"Schools of robotic fish could one day map the ocean floor, detect pollution or inspect and survey submerged boats or oil and gas pipelines, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say. At five to 18 inches, the new fish is much smaller than Robotuna and built from a single, soft polymer. And unlike Robotuna, the fish is able to be released in the oceans. "

There is an obvious question they didn't ask: What happens when a bigger fish in the ocean eats the robotic fish?

9/1/2009 4:38:32 PM

i, for one, welcome our new robotic fish overlords.

9/1/2009 4:50:07 PM

i, for two, welcome our new robotic fish overlords.

9/1/2009 5:03:12 PM

while really cool

i don't see how it's that big of a deal. i mean, if they somehow produced their own power or something by getting closer to the surface and using the sun i'd say they're cool as shit. but not just this

[Edited on September 1, 2009 at 6:02 PM. Reason : i really hope they don't do that, lol]

9/1/2009 6:00:11 PM

if they actually schooled as fish do, it would be cool to watch.

9/2/2009 2:19:11 AM

over Michael Crichton's dead body...

oh wait.

9/2/2009 2:21:05 AM

This has a lot of potential. Specifically for GIS gurus who have already worked with NASA to map the surface of Mars. The next huge project would be to map all of the oceans floors of Earth with laser-triangulated spatial data from geo-centric satellites. Pretty cool for mapping nerds and even better for big oil companies looking for underwater oil.

9/2/2009 9:52:12 AM

wouldnt bigger fish mistake them for real fish and eat them?

9/2/2009 11:11:14 AM

Imagine fishing with grand pa in the future...


Grand son: "I got a bite"
Gramps: "Oh my she looks like a big one!"
Grand son: "I think it's a salmonboticus or could it be a troutinator. Sometimes you can tell from the wiring scheme in the fins."
Gramps: "A what? Back in my day we just called it a big 'effin fish"

9/2/2009 11:38:46 AM