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   MIT GRADUATE CREATES ROBOT THAT SWIMS THROUGH PIPES TO FIND OUT \r
                IF THEY'RE LEAKING (FASTCOMPANY.COM)               \r
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  Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)\r
  from the leak-detecting dept.\r
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  o Reference: 0102640424\r
  o News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/09/06/2058201/mit-graduate-creates-robot-that-swims-through-pipes-to-find-out-if-theyre-leaking\r
  o Source link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90232363/this-leak-seeking-robot-just-won-the-u-s-james-dyson-award\r
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    A  28-year-old  MIT  graduate  named  You  Wu  spent  six years\r
    developing  a  low-cost  robot  designed to find leaks in pipes\r
    early,  both  to  save  water  and to avoid bigger damage later\r
    from  bursting water mains. "Called Lighthouse, the robot looks\r
    like  a  badminton  birdie,"  reports  Fast  Company.  "A  soft\r
    'skirt'  on  the  device is covered with sensors. As it travels\r
    through  pipes, propelled by the flowing water, suction tugs at\r
    the  device  when  there's a leak, and it records the location,\r
    making  a  map  of critical leaks to fix." From the report: MIT\r
    doctoral  student You Wu spent six years developing the design,\r
    building  on  research  that  earlier  students  began  under a\r
    project  sponsored  by a university in Saudi Arabia, where most\r
    drinking  water  comes  from  expensive desalination plants and\r
    around  a  third  of  it  is lost to leaks. It took three years\r
    before  he  had  a  working  prototype. Then Wu got inspiration\r
    from  an  unexpected  source:  At  a party with his partner, he\r
    accidentally  stepped  on  her  dress. She noticed immediately,\r
    unsurprisingly,  and  Wu  realized  that he could use a similar\r
    skirt-like  design  on  a  robot so that the robot could detect\r
    subtle  tugs  from  the suction at each leak. Wu graduated from\r
    MIT  in  June,  and  is  now launching the technology through a\r
    startup  called  WatchTower  Robotics.  The  company  will soon\r
    begin  pilots in Australia and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One\r
    challenge  now, he says, is creating a guide so water companies\r
    can use the device on their own.\r
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  ** What we are not told ... (Score:1)\r
     (by Alain Williams ( 2972 ))\r
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     is he still with his partner who's dress he trod on ?\r
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  ** pig (Score:1, Informative)\r
     (by Anonymous Coward)\r
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     Congratulations, you reinvented the pig.\r
     [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]\r
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     [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging\r
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  ** \r
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     ** Re: (Score:2)\r
        (by An Ominous Coward ( 13324 ))\r
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        Ridiculous, how dare you plebeians libel our foremost\r
        technology elite. It's MIT, of course what they're doing is\r
        utterly novel and deserving of fawning media coverage.\r
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        [1]https://puretechltd.com/technology/purerobotics-pipeline-i-\r
        nspection-system/ [puretechltd.com])\r
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        [1]\r
        https://puretechltd.com/technology/purerobotics-pipeline-insp-\r
        ection-system/\r
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  ** They tried that robot in Montreal... (Score:2)\r
     (by ls671 ( 1122017 ))\r
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     I hear they tried that robot in Montreal and it crashed due to\r
     memory exhaustion.\r
     Montreal is one of the oldest city in North America and there\r
     are so many leaks in its water system that it loses 30% of its\r
     fresh water supply.\r
     Makes you wonder what is the average water loss in other systems.\r
     [1]https://montrealgazette.com/ne... [montrealgazette.com]\r
     [2]https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada... [www.cbc.ca]\r
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     [1]\r
     https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/by-the-numbers-30-pe-\r
     rcent-of-montreals-water-is-lost-due-to-leaky-city-pipes\r
     [2]\r
     https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/city-water-leaks-wasting-millions-\r
     of-tax-dollars-1.1048035\r
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  ** Badminton Birdie? (Score:2)\r
     (by TechyImmigrant ( 175943 ))\r
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     It's called a shuttlecock you blithering idiot.\r
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Commit	Line	Data
299a08f3 NR	1	MIT GRADUATE CREATES ROBOT THAT SWIMS THROUGH PIPES TO FIND OUT \r
	2	IF THEY'RE LEAKING (FASTCOMPANY.COM) \r
	3	\r
	4	Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)\r
	5	from the leak-detecting dept.\r
	6	\r
c715ea02	7	o Reference: 0102640424\r
299a08f3 NR	8	o News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/09/06/2058201/mit-graduate-creates-robot-that-swims-through-pipes-to-find-out-if-theyre-leaking\r
	9	o Source link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90232363/this-leak-seeking-robot-just-won-the-u-s-james-dyson-award\r
	10	\r
	11	\r
	12	A 28-year-old MIT graduate named You Wu spent six years\r
	13	developing a low-cost robot designed to find leaks in pipes\r
	14	early, both to save water and to avoid bigger damage later\r
	15	from bursting water mains. "Called Lighthouse, the robot looks\r
	16	like a badminton birdie," reports Fast Company. "A soft\r
	17	'skirt' on the device is covered with sensors. As it travels\r
	18	through pipes, propelled by the flowing water, suction tugs at\r
	19	the device when there's a leak, and it records the location,\r
	20	making a map of critical leaks to fix." From the report: MIT\r
	21	doctoral student You Wu spent six years developing the design,\r
	22	building on research that earlier students began under a\r
	23	project sponsored by a university in Saudi Arabia, where most\r
	24	drinking water comes from expensive desalination plants and\r
	25	around a third of it is lost to leaks. It took three years\r
	26	before he had a working prototype. Then Wu got inspiration\r
	27	from an unexpected source: At a party with his partner, he\r
	28	accidentally stepped on her dress. She noticed immediately,\r
	29	unsurprisingly, and Wu realized that he could use a similar\r
	30	skirt-like design on a robot so that the robot could detect\r
	31	subtle tugs from the suction at each leak. Wu graduated from\r
	32	MIT in June, and is now launching the technology through a\r
	33	startup called WatchTower Robotics. The company will soon\r
	34	begin pilots in Australia and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One\r
	35	challenge now, he says, is creating a guide so water companies\r
	36	can use the device on their own.\r
	37	\r
	38	\r
	39	** What we are not told ... (Score:1)\r
	40	(by Alain Williams ( 2972 ))\r
	41	\r
	42	\r
	43	is he still with his partner who's dress he trod on ?\r
	44	\r
	45	** pig (Score:1, Informative)\r
	46	(by Anonymous Coward)\r
	47	\r
	48	\r
	49	Congratulations, you reinvented the pig.\r
	50	[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]\r
	51	\r
	52	\r
	53	\r
	54	\r
	55	[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging\r
	56	\r
	57	** \r
	58	\r
	59	** Re: (Score:2)\r
	60	(by An Ominous Coward ( 13324 ))\r
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	62	\r
	63	Ridiculous, how dare you plebeians libel our foremost\r
	64	technology elite. It's MIT, of course what they're doing is\r
	65	utterly novel and deserving of fawning media coverage.\r
	66	(\r
	67	[1]https://puretechltd.com/technology/purerobotics-pipeline-i-\r
	68	nspection-system/ [puretechltd.com])\r
	69	\r
	70	\r
	71	\r
72	\r
73	[1]\r
74	https://puretechltd.com/technology/purerobotics-pipeline-insp-\r
75	ection-system/\r
76	\r
77	\r
78	** They tried that robot in Montreal... (Score:2)\r
79	(by ls671 ( 1122017 ))\r
80	\r
81	\r
82	I hear they tried that robot in Montreal and it crashed due to\r
83	memory exhaustion.\r
84	Montreal is one of the oldest city in North America and there\r
85	are so many leaks in its water system that it loses 30% of its\r
86	fresh water supply.\r
87	Makes you wonder what is the average water loss in other systems.\r
88	[1]https://montrealgazette.com/ne... [montrealgazette.com]\r
89	[2]https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada... [www.cbc.ca]\r
90	\r
91	\r
92	\r
93	\r
94	[1]\r
95	https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/by-the-numbers-30-pe-\r
96	rcent-of-montreals-water-is-lost-due-to-leaky-city-pipes\r
97	[2]\r
98	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/city-water-leaks-wasting-millions-\r
99	of-tax-dollars-1.1048035\r
100	\r
101	** Badminton Birdie? (Score:2)\r
102	(by TechyImmigrant ( 175943 ))\r
103	\r
104	\r
105	It's called a shuttlecock you blithering idiot.\r
106	\r
107	\r