This robotic fish, which looks like it was made out of precious jewels, isn't, but was actually created to detect pollutants in the earth's oceans.
The 1.5 meter long robotic fish each requires about $30,000 to make. Their purpose is to head out into the open water, take in data about water pollutants, return to a charging station about every 8 hours and while charging, submit data about water quality.
The issues with this first batch of fish is pretty clear - they're way too expensive to be made in numbers big enough to be very helpful; their charge lasts just 8 hours so they aren't able to have a very large range away from their charging stations; they run a pretty good risk of getting a bite taken out of them. Link
$30,000? What a freaking rippoff! I'll hire someone to do it for a fraction of the cost. Who, you ask. Hit the jump for a video of Robo-fish and a picture of the guy that's gonna make me filthly rich.
Hey look! It's your cousin and I'm pretty sure he'll do it for a case of Schlitz and a few Slim Jims.
