h a l f b a k e r y"More like a cross between an onion, a golf ball, and a roman multi-tiered arched aquaduct."
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
Fish Car
An advanced fish self steering transport. | |
Where would fish go if they could travel on
land. I have always wondered this. So I
propose an experimental vehicle to find
out. I have found a few similar ideas, but it
seems they all require the fish bowl to
acually roll. Well, not this one. Inspired by
the Darpa Challenge (www.darpa.mil/
grandchallenge/)
my design requires the
fish bowl to be mounted on a 4 to 6 wheel
drive system. There would also need to be
a little computer and other special
electionic items mounted on board (not
my specialty). Basically the fish would have
a small chip on or embedded in its head.
The only info you need to get from it is
what direction the fish is facing in and
how fast his/her little tail is wiggling. This
can be translated into speed and direction
in the computer. I settled on the awd
system because I thought the first
experiment could be to leave the Fish
Vehicle at the top of a beach and see if the
little guy goes for the ocean. It would also
be interesting to see what happens if you
have multiple vehicles and fish that school
together. The mental image is fantastic. It
could give a whole new meaning to Land
Shark. Definitely a conversation piece.
car(p)
[hob,
Feb 25 2010]
[link]
|
| |
You definitely have potential for the SciFi Channel. Innocent wonderings like this by well meaning but misguided mad scientists is what leads to horrors like the Cyborg Landquarium of Dr Zamondo - wheeled pirhana chasing down poodles, sawfish on Segways slashing passersby, enormous oarfish riding 10 motorcyles at once and jumping over 10 more motorcycles - ah yes. For you, an enormous bun in the shape of a monster car-crushing whale shark with overinflated tires. |
|
| |
I think the attention span of most fish would make the vehicle incapable of winning the Darpa challenge. |
|
| |
oh dear, this looks interesting. may I just mark this space... |
|
| |
I like this idea, but unless you used a sole or a halibut, I think that the fish should have the same verticle freedom that they have in the ocean. Perhaps you could mount the fish bowl onto a Genie® mobile lift. |
|
| |
Maybe I could use little bonsai
dolphins... they have an attention span
and procreate for fun. We may see them
at the local Night Club. |
|
| |
you could just use the same technology used in video game movement capture- if any kid can afford it-then im sure someone can adapt it to recongnize a fish's movements |
|
| |
Interesting. The author posted this idea and anno, one other anno on another idea, the word "Hello" on his profile page, and then dropped out of sight. |
|
| |
Talk about passing like fish cars in the night - |
|
| |
if the tracker keeps track of fish movement, and the fish is in the bowl. wouldn't the car go in circles? |
|
| |
How did the slogan go?
"Women need men like a fish needs a ..."? |
|
| |