How can you detect something so small and sparse that you cannot see? Especially since it's underwater, as in the case of ocean pollution, such as chemical spills and fertilizer runoff. Scientists such as Huosheng Hu at the University of Essex, U.K, spent over 20,000 British pounds ($29,000 US dollars) to solve this problem. Thanks to their hard work, there is now a robotic fish designed after a carp that can detect ocean pollution due to tiny chemical sensors. When the fish detect some pollution, they wirelessly transmit the info back to the port's control center. The robot is awaiting its release off nothern Spain (2011) while swimming around the London Aquarium:
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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I think the Robo-Carp is cool. I guess it will also be the first fish to answer when it's called :-)
:-( :D
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