Comments on: RoboClam anchor based on sea creature http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 04:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346651 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346651 kind of like a geoduck stinger? If you could pack nano-tubes with something that contracted in volume when electric current was applied, bundle thgem in varying lengths and address the end for individual impulse control, would you have the makings for a decent tongue/tentacle? kind of like a geoduck stinger?

If you could pack nano-tubes with something that contracted in volume when electric current was applied, bundle thgem in varying lengths and address the end for individual impulse control, would you have the makings for a decent tongue/tentacle?

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346706 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346706 Great idea, Takuan. I'd like a demo by the end of Q109, k? Great idea, Takuan. I’d like a demo by the end of Q109, k?

]]> By: eyemyth http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346732 eyemyth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346732 Mmm, razor clams. Too bad there's no video of the device in action. Mmm, razor clams.

Too bad there’s no video of the device in action.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346994 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346994 looking at the razor clam again; all they need for an anchor is a ridged, semi rigid plastic tube and a pump. Tube end hits bottom, pump turns on, fluidized sand/silt/substrate liquefies and flows up hole perimeter as downward pressure bores to desired depth.Pump shuts off, sand etc. settles around outer tube ridges locking pipe in bottom. Turn pump back on when time to leave and use thrusters to go up. Either that or get a Wabbler. looking at the razor clam again; all they need for an anchor is a ridged, semi rigid plastic tube and a pump. Tube end hits bottom, pump turns on, fluidized sand/silt/substrate liquefies and flows up hole perimeter as downward pressure bores to desired depth.Pump shuts off, sand etc. settles around outer tube ridges locking pipe in bottom. Turn pump back on when time to leave and use thrusters to go up. Either that or get a Wabbler.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346998 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346998 coat the outside with BAM http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2017 would be interesting to see what surface geometry produced maximum anchoring despite BAM slipperiness when pump was off versus minimum friction when running. coat the outside with BAM
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2017

would be interesting to see what surface geometry produced maximum anchoring despite BAM slipperiness when pump was off versus minimum friction when running.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346748 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346748 okeydokey..... (piezo effect or something else?...need someone with really tiny fingers...) okeydokey….. (piezo effect or something else?…need someone with really tiny fingers…)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346753 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346753 http://www.technologyreview.com/NanoTech/17872/ http://www.technologyreview.com/NanoTech/17872/

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346756 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346756 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/348915.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/348915.stm

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346768 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346768 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/08/stretchable-circuitry-for-soft-machines/ OK, the basics are there, I'll need a few million to get going. What've ya got for off the shelf control software? http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/08/stretchable-circuitry-for-soft-machines/

OK, the basics are there, I’ll need a few million to get going. What’ve ya got for off the shelf control software?

]]> By: AceJohnny http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/roboclam-anchor-base.html#comment-346779 AceJohnny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346779 "useful as a detonator for buried underwater mines." Or, you know, just as buried underwater mines. Nothing says "wink wink military applications" better than "can be used for demilitarizing". “useful as a detonator for buried underwater mines.”

Or, you know, just as buried underwater mines. Nothing says “wink wink military applications” better than “can be used for demilitarizing”.

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