We may never be able to swim as fast as fish, but guys like Ted Ciamillo are hard at work to make sure we can at least get second place. The Greek engineer has come up with a contraption called Lunocet, which is basically a dolphin-inspired 2.5 pound monofin.
It’s lightweight and made of carbon fiber and fiberglass, and spans almost a meter. It’s capable of propelling swimmers almost 33 miles per hour, converting nearly 80 percent of the applied energy into thrust. The appendage is efficient, lightweight and fast. And can propel swimmers almost twice the speed of Michael Phelps.
If you can’t beat em, sprout a fin.
[Gizmowatch]
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That guys is just asking to get bitten by a shark.
Years ago, when monofins first came out, I asked a friend, who was a diver, if you could use one to go fast enough to breach the surface.
He called me an idiot.
This company claims you can do it with their product.
I think I have a quest.