The word protei comes from Proteus Anguinus which is the scientific name of an Olm, a very long white salamander living in complete darkness, blind but with an acutely developed sense of smell and hearing. Protei is the plural for Proteus, the greek god son and herdsman of Poseidon the god of the sea. God Proteus was known for his "capability of assuming many forms", "mutable". "Protean" has positive connotations of flexibility, versatility and adaptability.
Current oil spill skimming technology could only collect 3% of the DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The health of workers was exposed to cancerous toxicant, the boats were expensive and pollutive to operate, they could not operate in bad weather (hurricane seaon) they could not operate at night or far away.
Protei is a technology currently in development that will provide
- Unmanned, no human exposed to toxicant.
- Green and cheap, sailing upwind, capturing oil downwind.
- Self-righting, rugged, can operate in hurricane time.
- Semi-autonomous : can swarm continuously and far away.
Protei is currently being developped in Rotterdam, produced by V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media. Protei first real-scale functional prototype will be presented September 2nd at a Press conference andFestival Wereld van Witte de With 10 and 11 of September 2011. For more information please contact isidora@v2.nl.
PROTEI PRESENTATION VIDEO from toni nottebohm on Vimeo.
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