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The spider-like Proteus makes a test run on San Francisco Bay. The legs ride on titanium springs, adjusting the craft to the water's surface.

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1 posted on 01/19/2007 10:17:38 AM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Someone sicced these guys on it.

2 posted on 01/19/2007 10:24:31 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: SmithL

It looks cool. But other than looking cool, what is it good for?


3 posted on 01/19/2007 10:29:52 AM PST by Dreagon
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To: SmithL

There were a couple threads on this sometime last fall.


6 posted on 01/19/2007 10:39:10 AM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: SmithL

It looks like a expanded-width catamarand - I wonder how it handles at sea, as opposed to the bay?


7 posted on 01/19/2007 10:42:51 AM PST by Ken522
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