Re: [DIYbio] Re: Do you have an appreciation of the ocean and are all about open-source?

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 3:28 PM, John Griessen <john@industromatic.com> wrote:
> I like this ROV oil skimmer project.  The design could be engineered to be
> rapidly producible so they could be made in
> quantities after a spill happens, since it's not likely we are going to get
> oil companies stocking thousands
> of them in advance:-)
>

That last sentence may not hold, if the robots proved useful and
effective, it might lower the risk of drilling or transport in some
areas. I know BP has said they want phylogenetic classification of oil
consumers (bacteria, etc) in the waters around the world, so they can
better assess the outcome of an accident.

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Nathan McCorkle
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Science, Biotechnology/Bioinformatics

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