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To: "BEAM Mailing List" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Nicholas Smith" nik@resourcekt.co.uk
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:02:52 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Motors



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>> 4. A spinning propeller does not realy simulate the swimming action of a
>>creature. I like to build all of my aqua bots with either water lungs
(jelly
>> fish) or fins (fish).

>How do I go about making a Water Lung?

Take a look at this. The whole body is made out of a clear flexable silicon
jelly. Its about the size of a tea cup saurcer. Kind of the same shape as a
manta ray with a lung in the middle that can open and close due to an
electromagnet in the top that either repels or attracts the "Belly"

Nik.




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