http://www.metafilter.com/tags/amphibious Posts tagged with 'amphibious' at MetaFilter. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:45:08 -0800 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:45:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72812/Amphibious%2DRobot%2DSnake <a href="http://www-robot.mes.titech.ac.jp/robot/snake/acm-r5/acm-r5_e.html">Behold ACM-R5,</a> the <a href="http://www.geekalerts.com/amphibious-robot-snake-video/">Amphibious Robot Snake</a>. <small>[Via <a href="http://grinding.be/">grinding.be</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72812 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:45:08 -0800 Amphibious Robot Snake homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/28402/amphibious%2Dvehicles <a href="http://www.dukw.com/">DUKWs</a> have been around since WWII, and are basically boats with wheels. <a href="http://offroadvws.com/00mschwimm.html">Schwimmwagens </a> have also been around since then, but they're basically a waterproof car with a propeller, like the 1960's <a href="http://www.geocities.com/amphicars/">Amphicar</a>. Both are kinda slow in the water. The only cool looking amphibious vehicles that could reach a decent speed in the water have been in <a href="http://www.pjoy.fi/galleria/bond-lotus.jpg ">James Bond movies</a>. <a href="http://www.aquada.host.goodtechnology.net/">Not any more...</a> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.28402 Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:33:38 -0800 amphibious amphicars dukw schwimmwagens vehicles badstone