Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Dolphin - They inspire

Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera.Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals and their often friendly appearance and seemingly playful attitude have made them popular in human culture.

Dolphins occasionally leap above the water surface, sometimes performing acrobatic figures (e.g. the Spinner Dolphin). Scientists are not certain about the purpose(s) of the acrobatics. Possibilities include locating schools of fish by looking at above-water signs like feeding birds, communicating with other dolphins, dislodging parasites or simple amusement.

A number of militaries have employed dolphins for various purposes from finding mines to rescuing lost or trapped humans. The military use of dolphins, however, drew scrutiny during the Vietnam War when rumors circulated that the United States Navy was training dolphins to kill Vietnamese divers. However, no evidence to support these rumors ever surfaced, and the United States Navy denies that at any point dolphins were trained for combat. Dolphins are still being trained by the United States Navy on other tasks as part of the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program. The Russian military is believed to have closed its marine mammal program in the early 1990s. In 2000 the press reported that dolphins trained to kill by the Soviet Navy had been sold to Iran.

(source: Wikipedia)


Red Alert 3 : Bottlenose Dolphin (Allied)

Battlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are incredibly intelligent marine mammals. Specially-trained dolphins are an integral part of the Allied Navy, which used them as scouts and cheap defence against enemy ships.

Dolphins are deployed by Allied commanders primarily as scout units. Allied commanders have fitted the dolphins with special equipments which amplify their sonar pulses, allowing them to actually damage enemy ships. They are highly effective in groups, as their sonic pulses could damage multiple targets at once.

Dolphins had also been trained to jump out of water for a brief moment, allowing them to dodge torpedoes and other weaponry. If they do get hurt, they usually die quickly due to the lack of any serious armor, though they can be healed by an engineer's medical tent.

"Dolphins are not lake creatures! What is going on here?" - Conscript in op. March of the Red Army

(Source : http://cnc.wikia.com)


SeaBreacher


Innespace Seabreacher (or Sea Breacher) is a two-seat submersible personal watercraft, designed by Rob Innes and Dan Piazza of the American company Innespace. It is the production model of the single-seat Innespace Dolphin. The concept came from VASH (variable attitude submersible hydrofoil), which was invented by Thomas "Doc" Rowe[1] and Dennis "Dusty" Kaiser in 1987 with his boat, Noland Won.

This larger two seat vessel is powered by an Atkins Rotary Marine engine coupled to a Hurth V-drive transmission.

The vessel's shape is based on the shape of a dolphin, and imitates a dolphin's movement.

(Source : Wikipedia & http://www.seabreacher.com)

Note : From Nature to Entertainment, and now they try to Implement it. That's what brain is all about.

1 comment:

Shukaku said...

Nick ko perasan tak... aku perasan gak ade beberapa benda dari sekeliling kita yg seakan-akan organ manusia dan memiliki khasiat dan kebaikan ke atas organ2 yg sama tu. Contohnya batang saderi untuk tulang, carrot(keratan rentas seakan-akan bentuk mata) untuk mata dan tomato untuk kidney. Dan ada satu kekacang ni wallnut ke ape nut ker yg berbentuk mcm otak dan baik untuk otak... Aku rasa perkara ni takder kaitan pun dgn post kau.. Sajer nak sembang jap. Ok.. Back to work!Kerja-kerja-kerja...

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