Scoobadoo
Had this forwarded onto me this evening... click the picture to the right for a larger shot. Amusing. I'm not really sure what to make of it: the lousy picture doesn't help, nor does the model's expression... it kinda looks a lil like the things you'd find in the back of a comic book as a kid next to the sea monkees. I thought the model was a doll at first.
Apparently it's a $13,000 USD 'underwater motorcycle' for checking out the coral reefs, brought to you by your friendly neighborhood aussies. I have to admit, if this thing had some serious speed it could be pretty damn fun... but chances are it'll be more of a 'scooter' than a motorcycle.
The article says it has a speed of up to 2.5 knots, which my handy conversation calculator says is a bit less than 3 miles per hour. Wooooo. I'm not sure paying $13k for something stephen hawking can outrun on the boardwalk is the best investment...
But, check out this quote:
...Dawson dropped a hint of future developments with the scubadoo – “we’re already working on the next model and think we can improve it in a host of ways. For example, currently you need to put your head under the water when you get into it. The next model will have a hinged hood so you don’t need to get your head wet at all.”
Now, look at that picture again. Then look at that quote. Then look at that picture again. So... we have a fairly large, slow-moving, and brightly painted foreign object traveling underwater. Can you say shark bait? Wouldn't it make some kinda sense for one of the first 'improvements' in this thing to be a mesh wrap-around cage for the person?
Not as though you're gonna outrun the shark who happens to think you're a giant tasty angelfish, and if you even try you're just turning your exposed back to it...
Posted by drunkenbatmanMarch 30, 2004, at 02:11 AM
Hehe, very funny. Especially the "conversation calculator." Where can I get one of those? But seriously, keep up the funny posts, they're high quality.