recuperate from an crude oil disaster is n’t just horrific to die hard — it ’s massively difficult and massively expensive to soak it all up . But what if we did n’t necessitate an army of oil - wiping mankind ? What about cleaning boats thatsail themselves ?
Motherboard followsCesar Harada , formerly of MIT , who left the university after the crude incubus of BP . His root to the abysmally inefficient cleanup ? Protei , a ego - sweep , oil - scan drone . It ’s tough enough to stand firm wave , its saucy sails flatten when wind gets too brisk , all while trawling oil - absorbant sponger to slurp up ( literal ) tons of crude oil . The architectural plan ? Deploy fleet of them , lick as an intelligent swarm . Protei is still in the prototyping unconscious process , but moving at a pace that could save human risk and environmental destruction the next meter a pipe burst . [ Motherboard ]
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