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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... • http:protei.org • • Protei • The Open Hardware Oil spill cleaning sailing robot. • The worst environmental catastrophe in US history just happened here, in the Gulf of Mexico. • But there are Oil spills all around, all the time. • To clean the BP DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill, they used all sorts of expensive technologies. In all, only 3% of the oil was skimmed, the clean-up crew was exposed to toxic chemicals, putting their health at risk. We think we can do better. • Conventional skimmers basically trace clean paths in a sea of oil. • Oil moves downwind following surface current, so the best way to capture it is to move upwind. • One layer of oil absorbing material is ok, but consecutive layers collect more oil. • Protei uses the wind to power an unmanned sailing robot that pulls a long oil absorbing boom tail , sailing upwind autonomously, without exposing the health of human beings on board. • test 0 • A normal sail boat looses steering and pulling power when you pull a long load, so what we did is to simply put the steering at the front. • Protei 1 • We hacked a little remote controlled boat, and it worked! We had great control and speed, and using a very little rudder at the front we were able to steer a very long and heavy tail at the back. • Protei 2 • The problem is when you go upwind, every time you turn, you face the wind for a moment. When you face the wind, you no longer have pulling power, so you loose control. We made an articulated sail boat, protei 2, flexible : it moves like an animal ! • When it tacks upwind, it is able to catch wind from both sides. That means it never looses pulling power and can pull a long heavy load. Protei may be the first sail boat in history that can do this, inaugurating a new family in ocean robotics. • Protei 3 • Now, we want to build Protei cheap and make it very powerful and safe. So we made a large inflatable version, Protei 3. Because it is very light and it has a very small footprint in the water while having a large sail surface : great pulling power. • Protei 5 • We made a version packed with electronics and sensors on board that would avoid collision, sense wind direction and power. • Protei 6 • (Showing the 3d model) The next step is to build at full scale to test Protei in real conditions. We are working together on the design and engineering of a green revolutionary technology. Work with us! • == Process == • Protei is being developed as Open Hardware, so anyone can use, modify and distribute our technology for free. • Oil spills are happening all the time everywhere in the world. • In many places people don't have the technology to address oil spills yet. • We need a technology that people can adapt to their needs and resources. • Protei is being developed collaboratively to be inexpensive and easy to build from well established efficient techniques. • If we have many, a fleet of Protei could work automatically as a swarm, or be remotely controlled by on-line gamers. • Beyond Oil Spills, Protei would be suitable for collecting plastic debris in the ocean and many other ocean research applications. • We are confident this Open Hardware technology will contribute to ocean study and cleaning. • Please, help us build our next Protei prototypes. • http://vimeo.com/cesarharada/protei-k... • http:protei.org
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