newscientist.com - 3/23/2009
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Related editorial: Arise, Roboctopus! INVEST €10 million in a robotic octopus and you will be able to search the seabed with the same dexterity as the real eight-legged cephalopod. At least that's the plan, say those who are attempting to build a robot with arms that work in the same way that ...
mocoloco.com - 3/18/2009
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mocoloco.com —
hansa_latrava1.jpg The Hansa Latrava is the latest faucet
design from Octopus Design in collaboration with Bruno Sacco,...
the former head of Mercedes-Benz design. The shape of the water flow is a continuation of the hardware. + octopus-design.de
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Hansa Latrava by Octopus Design
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Octopus like robots to explore deep sea life
Newlaunches.com —
... to note the development of a tiny robot octopus explorer with the ability to maneuver under water with the agility of a jelly fish. Usually when a robot is built to explore the deep sea creatures it’s often hard for its angular skeleton like limbs to move around as fluidly as expected. In order to counter this rigidity engineers in the UK, Switzerland, Turkey, Greece and Israel are working on organic tentacles that can aid the robot to explore the finer beings underwater. Via [ NewScientist ] ...
Robo-octopus wanted by EU
Crave: The gadget blog —
... As New Scientist cleverly pointed out, if the "Octopus" project is successful a robot someday might be able to accomplish the task seen in this video by Dr. James B. Wood, an assistant research scientist at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences who maintains a Web site on cephalopods. ...
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feeds.boingboing.net 3/10/2009 — The " Octopus Tap " is a standard push-powered keg tap with only half-an-octopus' worth of spouts attached. Perfect for those like me who drink alone but wish they could fill their cups four times as fast. The basic Octopus Tap costs $73, plus shipping.
Japanese Takotsubo “Octopus Trap” Speakers
akihabaranews.com 3/4/2009 — Bird Electron released a new set of speakers build around Japanese takotsubo, "octopus trap", used by fishermen to catch… Octopus. These traps are installed with 50mm in diameter speakers that work on a bandwidth of 50Hz to 4kHz at 83dB. They may ...
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akihabaranews.com 3/3/2009 — Bird Electron released a new set of speakers build around Japanese takotsubo, "octopus trap", used by fishermen to catch… Octopus. These traps are installed with 50mm in diameter speakers that work on a bandwidth of 50Hz to 4kHz at 83dB. They may ...
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