Promoting an awesome kickstarter project

[Quackers]

First off, I'm not sure exactly where to post this. If it needs moved, please let me know.

I have been following something called the openROV project for about a year and a half now. Basically, it was an open source project to create, develop, and program a personal underwater submarine, or drone if you prefer. I received an email yesterday about a new project design and they wanted to launch a kickstarter campaign for $50,000 starting at noon EST. I was excited for the new design and the amount of progress that has been made. Once the kickstarter opened, I pledged $700. In return, I should get my own unit within about a year. The reason I'm sharing this with you is there may be some members here that would be interested in such a thing but are unaware of its existence. I would invite anyone interested to just check it out. Who knows, maybe you'll want one too!



https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openrov/openrov-trident-an-underwater-drone-for-everyone/comments

[HERVEPA]

1. Just what we need. More drones to fuck up the world.

[Quackers]

2. And if this was 20 years ago, we would simply call them RC Models.

You do see the amazing advantages this would offer to students and people trying to learn about the world, right?

[MineralMan]

3. How would that underwater remote vehicle

fuck up anything? I'm not seeing it. I can think of many uses for such a device, from locating lost items underwater to looking for people who drowned. I'm not seeing a downside to it. It's electrically operated and appears to be tethered to an above water controller.

I think it would be an interesting thing to own, actually. I love boating and would often like to see what's under the water. What harm do you think it would do?

Or maybe you're just being sarcastic. I don't know.