Plasmobots, Robot Fish, Cyborgs, Noisy UAVs: 2009 Innovation Roundup

摘要

Though the concept isn't new-the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created the first robot fish in 1993-this year saw a steady stream of smart fish roaming our waters.rnThe newest of the spawn comes from Michigan State University, which used advanced materials to create a fish that could ping underwater environments for their temperature, oxygen, pollutants and algae data.rn"With these patrolling fish, we will be able to obtain information at an unprecedentedly high spatial and temporal resolution," says Elena Litchman, an MSU zoologist.