The best thing about Mythbusters, in my humble opinion, isn’t the explosions. It isn’t the rockets. It isn’t even Jamie Hyneman’s wicked mo (although all three of those things rock). No, it’s the cool stuff they build, like this robot shark they built to test whether sticking your fingers in a shark’s eyes will save you from becoming fish food.According to News.com.au, the robot shark featured 90 serrated metal teeth, was powered by hydraulics and measured about 5 metres long. The Mythbusters crew also tested whether chilli or magnets would deter sharks in the special episode recorded for Shark week on the Discovery Channel.
Considering all the recent press about shark attacks, all they need to do now is program this roboshark to attack other sharks in a mindless frenzy in order to keep our beaches safe. Finally, a robot uprising we can endorse…
[via news.com.au]
Kirsco
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 2:51 PMGet with the times! This was 6 months ago!
PuffinFresh
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 3:11 PMWow… how very scientific.
TedJ
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 3:58 PMI loved the rubber moose they built for their Alaska myths special.
elektrixxx
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 4:03 PMWow, how incredibly old.
Quite a terrible first impression on my first visit on this site.
rangott
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 10:31 PMdidnt the us gizmodo cover this when the episode first came out?
adrian
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 7:41 AMTo all those crying about how this is old information: I am sure the author is deeply sorry for not providing you with a cutting edge blow by blow of every myth busters episode.
Allow me to step in here and suggest checking a TV guide for the next episode of Mythbusters so you don’t miss out on all the cutting edge gadget news they give.
That said, I got a smile out of this article.