• By Joel
    Mar 22, 2005 11:44 AM 950
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    Fabien Cousteau's Robot Shark Submarine

    Jacques Cousteau's grandson Fabien is building a shark-shaped submarine that will use pneumatics to power a working tail so that he will be able to slip in undetected with real live sharks. It sounds a little scary:

    ... the dive team on the Calypso "probably getting bored" decided to make the robotic shark act erratic and " injured". Consequently, a large female turned on the shark and gave it a "death blow" which is a bite to the gills. She came back for several more and completely destroyed the robotic shark.
    That robot shark did not have a diver inside of it, but was instead helmed by forty pounds of bacon. (Thanks, Joseph!)

    Fabien Cousteau: Becoming A Shark - Part I [DeeperBlue]


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