Comments on: OpenROV, the $750 submarine http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/openrov-the-750-submarine.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 02:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: lishevita http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/openrov-the-750-submarine.html#comment-1436983 lishevita Wed, 30 May 2012 07:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163473#comment-1436983 WOW! We worked on this at the International Space Apps Challenge! I wasn't on the OpenROV team for the weekend, but I did hang out with them on Saturday evening for a while when my brain was fried on MathTrax hacking. The guys that were leading the OpenROV project at Space Apps in San Francisco were infectiously excited about what they were doing. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of their project in a year or so! WOW! We worked on this at the International Space Apps Challenge! I wasn’t on the OpenROV team for the weekend, but I did hang out with them on Saturday evening for a while when my brain was fried on MathTrax hacking. The guys that were leading the OpenROV project at Space Apps in San Francisco were infectiously excited about what they were doing. I’m looking forward to seeing the results of their project in a year or so!

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/openrov-the-750-submarine.html#comment-1436411 nixiebunny Tue, 29 May 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163473#comment-1436411 It's nice to see this is coming together. I've been building these things with my brother's family, but we haven't quite gotten the simplicity thing figured out yet. http://www.selectric.org/nurc/ It’s nice to see this is coming together. I’ve been building these things with my brother’s family, but we haven’t quite gotten the simplicity thing figured out yet.
http://www.selectric.org/nurc/

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/openrov-the-750-submarine.html#comment-1436293 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Tue, 29 May 2012 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163473#comment-1436293 Perhaps a ~$5,000 project that took two years to complete and, um, isn't a ROV, might not be the best example. It's a pretty cool mini-sub, though. Perhaps a ~$5,000 project that took two years to complete and, um, isn’t a ROV, might not be the best example. It’s a pretty cool mini-sub, though.

]]> By: pizzicato http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/openrov-the-750-submarine.html#comment-1436262 pizzicato Tue, 29 May 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163473#comment-1436262 $750! A Chinese farmer can do it for much less with scraps... And maybe it can even walk!  http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/chinese-diy-submarine-made-oil-barrels $750! A Chinese farmer can do it for much less with scraps… And maybe it can even walk! 

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/chinese-diy-submarine-made-oil-barrels

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