John_Stone Report This Comment
Date: March 01, 2006 03:59AM

The world’s first autonomous vehicle for the transport of aquatic life on land in a gaseous atmosphere, or terra firma, has passed an initial series of crucial tests and is poised to make history. The Terranaut swims safely in an aqueous vessel called the “cockpit,” steering the vehicle with its movements. A camera above the cockpit tracks the movement of the Terranaut within the vessel. The Terranaut’s location is then wirelessly transmitted to a remote processing station, where the data is converted into motion commands and transmitted back to the motion controller on the vehicle.

cesiuminjector Report This Comment
Date: March 01, 2006 04:41AM

i hope they realize that the fish would be driving damn near blind when it is looking through such an intense lense (on side of the bowl) take my word for it or just apply lenz's law - if i rememeber correctly all incoming light (from any appreciable distance) will focus at the other edge of the bowl (assuming it is roughly spherical)

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: March 01, 2006 03:59PM

Works good for handicapped fish and gives them mobility, great idea.

lildiablo Report This Comment
Date: March 02, 2006 02:33AM

welcome to a world where fish roam the Earth...