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- MacBookForMe, on 11/10/2009, -0/+20How many of them will get eaten by all those deep sea monsters?
- milwaukeesbeast, on 11/10/2009, -0/+7I dont think you get it. Once you dump something in the ocean, its gone forever.
- jshriver, on 11/10/2009, -0/+5If you're looking for me
You better check under the sea
Cause that is where you'll find me
Underneath the
Sealab, Underneath the water
Sealab, At the bottom of the sea - MySteamID, on 11/10/2009, -0/+526 robots is hardly a "swarm"
- AndrewMoyer, on 11/10/2009, -0/+5If they're on dry land, shouldn't they be called "terrain biologists" ?
(/s) - wavesmachine, on 11/10/2009, -0/+5why can't they get some of these things to pick up some garbage while they're out there.
- pleen, on 11/10/2009, -0/+3Yeah, we should make robots which can use plastic as fuel.
(I have unfeasible dreams.) - DennisOhlson, on 11/10/2009, -0/+3Is this the start Of google Water? Where they map the whole content of water.
- mandarin, on 11/10/2009, -1/+4No Sealab?
- elitebmo, on 11/10/2009, -0/+3"An outreach component of the project will enlist school children in building and ultimately deploying AUEs. "
so 2.5million dollars later, they are having children BUILD and DEPLOY these? 2.5 million? REALLY?
I'm all for learning more about the ocean for the purpose of preservation, but why are kids making these and do they have the know-how to do so correctly to ensure A) 2.5 million dollars is not wasted, and more importantly B) They are not polluting the ocean more?
/endrant - Triangler, on 11/10/2009, -0/+3animals won't eat them and die. because marine biologists are the smartiest people on dry land!
- tgc1, on 11/10/2009, -0/+2Well there goes your investment. Don't expect to get any of these back. Something tells me they haven't thought their cunning plan all the way through. 'Cause you know... marine life and all. Predators. They like shiny things. Shiny things that look like fish. It's hard to tell down there.
- Grandpohbah, on 11/10/2009, -0/+2The sea monkeys are so going to ***** with those things.
- MattB123, on 11/10/2009, -0/+2I bet there will be supervision & QC. The point of this is to get kids participating and interested, not for the cheap labor (or they'd just use Chinese children).
- mullzoo, on 11/10/2009, -0/+1I'm protected with Old Glory Robot Insurance in the event these robots turn against us.
- wunksta, on 11/10/2009, -0/+1WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE??
- vodious, on 11/10/2009, -1/+2I don't think he asked about retrieving the robots.
- AndrewMoyer, on 11/10/2009, -0/+1I'm hung like a marine biology robot, baby...!
- FredFredrickson, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1They say they're robots, but they're really just more tin cans.
- peruvianprinz, on 11/10/2009, -1/+2I think he's talking about trashing the ocean,
- Scira, on 11/10/2009, -1/+2minotaur robots would be cooler.
- tek69, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1yo grab me a soda when it floats by, I'm thirsty.
- DolphinBlueInc, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1This is great for scientists but I worry about the effects it could have on the wildlife and plantlife down there. Not to mention I agree with tgc1 - how are these things coming back?
- TigerOfPTS, on 11/10/2009, -1/+1We're about a year off from RL Cloverfield.
Mark my words. - peruvianprinz, on 11/10/2009, -0/+0That sounds better than the mini-robot-sized soda cans that already swarm the ocean.
- pinkspexx, on 11/10/2009, -1/+1UH OHHHHH!
- TheOther1, on 11/10/2009, -1/+1Not that unfeasible since plastic is petroleum based.
- aptanalogy, on 11/10/2009, -2/+1Soup-can sized robot overlords....etc...
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