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Dolphin Monofin Will Make Michael Phelps Eat Your Wake

By C. S. Magor / 7 comments

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If you ever imagined what it must be like to swim like a fish, you may just get your chance. Engineer Ted Ciamillo has come up with a carbon fiber and fiberglass monofin, allowing a swimmer power through the water at 8 mph, twice the speed of Michael Phelps. [Gizmowatch via Slippery Brick]

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C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and reporter at large for Uberreview and We Interrupt. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside, approximately two hours from Tokyo - where both his bank balance and the lack of space in his home are testament to his addiction to all things shiny.

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Richard

Come on guys, let’s at least do SOME research into a story instead of assuming the other guy did.
1) the inventor is American, from Athens GA. He is not Greek.
2) The new fin has propelled swimmers at eight (8) MPH – it is dolphins who go at 33 MPH and convert 80% of their energy into thrust.

At least you got the relationship to Phelps’ speed correct – 8 MPH is twice Phelps’ speed.

And this information took me all of 15 seconds (two clicks) to determine by going back to the original article in Scientific American.
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Wrong – not 33 mph, 8 mph. You quoted the original article incorrectly. 33 mph is a dolphin’s speed.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=dolphin-inspired-man-made-fin
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http://www.uberreview.com Vic DaSilva

Ann and Richard,

I updated the post to correct the errors. Thanks for letting us know
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