Today’s Friday Smorgasbord features some cool stories ranging from robotic fish, pesky dolphins, fun facts about fish and one of the deepest fish you’ll ever meet! Cool Robotic Fish The robot fish This MIT robot has fish convinced it’s one…
Meet The Biki Robot, a Webcam That Swims In The Water!
Biki is a very interesting new kind of robot with a multitude of functions. If you think having a webcam aimed at your reef tank is cool, how dope would it be to have the webcam inside your aquarium? The Biki underwater…
Advancing technology helps build a more realistic robotic fish
We have covered robitic fish quite extensively, but recent advancements in technology and the availability of cutting edge “off the shelf” technology in the new maker movement, robotic fish are getting more advanced and approachable. Take for instance Maurizio Porfiri,…
US Navy’s new robotic shark is cool and a bit creepy
The US Navy has a new weapon straight out of an Austin Powers movie — a robotic shark. The Navy’s new tool, dubbed GhostSwimmer, is an underwater drone designed to look and swim like a real shark and the motion…
Friday Smorgasbord: Two-head sharks, squid bombs and more
The final Friday of March is here and with March Madness fully underway, we found some crazy articles to give you your weekly dose of the wacky, weird and wonderful. Sometimes nature can write better movie plots than what Hollywood can come…
Friday Smorgasbord: Aquarium Sage, coral disease, why oceans matter, killer catfish and classy bettas
Takashi Amano, the master of modern planted aquarium design and a man we have much respect for, was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal. The “Sage of Aquariums” mastered the art of taking an aquarium and creating lush landscapes…
Friday Smorgasbord: Immortal jellyfish, Frankenfish, robosnakes and aquaponics
Well our last Friday Smorgasbord of November features everything from fascinating to freaky to frightening and maybe something in between. Leading off our Friday tradition is an immortal jellyfish and how this creature could lead scientists to help prevent human…
Friday Mega-Smorgasbord: Squid arms, robofish, shark feast, sea slugs, coral planting, living undersea, AEFW hit the high seas and gigantic clumps of whale poo
We have a great post lined up for this Friday with everything from amazing to just odd and something in between. We lead off this edition with a breaking story about deep sea squids that actually tear its arms free…
Meet the Mantabot: A bio-mechanical engineered manta ray
Meet Mantabot, a bio-mechanical manta ray, developed by researchers at the University of Virginia that mimics the real thing. So move over robofish, you have company! Described as one of nature’s most smooth and graceful swimmers, the manta ray is an…
Robot fish cons real fish into following along
Peer pressure is bad enough with your living, breathing counterparts but throw in a robot and its game over. A recent experiment found that a robot fish was able to lead real fish into following it upstream. While this can…
