The Cellar - June 28, 2009: Mermaid

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Apparently she had a condition that meant her lower legs did not develop and so had her right leg amputated at 7 years of age and the other one 'to match' when she was 15.

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Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 578362)

That's one way of making lemonade! Good for her.

I was wondering how she would go to the toilet if she was wearing that...

It reminds me of this article I saw some time ago.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...d-man-made-fin

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Lunocet users have already hit about eight miles (13 kilometers) per hour, nearly twice as fast as Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Michael Phelps at his speediest.

Using the Lunocet, some swimmers are close to being able to breach completely out of the water, like whales. Ciamillo envisions a new high-speed, free-diving community of swimmers united around "hydrotouring": long-distance swimming expeditions using Lunocets to cover dozens of miles a day, with participants carrying streamlined, waterproof packs containing only a global positioning system (GPS), satellite phone, and enough food and water for a few nights on shore.

http://www.lunocet.com/

And even cooler in my fight to stick to the man over copyright laws and freedom of knowledge is this attitude held by the inventor.

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Ciamillo ... notes that he won't be patenting the Lunocet's design. "If you're taking ideas from nature," he says, "how can you then go to the patent office and say these are mine?"

From the link "says Frank Fish, a marine biologist at West Chester University of Pennsylvania."
Something sounds fishy here.:D

The trade made by the Little Mermaid was that she lost her voice and every step she walked on land was like knives piercing her.

I suspect we live in more altruistic times now.
Otherwise we might have read about this case in a somewhat different manner.

It would be interesting if she wanted to compete in swimming competitions. Wasn't there an amputee runner with special spring loaded lower legs who was not allowed to run in the olympics or someother race event? And what about the guy in the Masters golf tournaments who had trouble walking and they didn't want him to ride in his golf cart.

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston (Post 578753)

The sprinter finally got the OK from the judges but just wasn't fast enough to make the cut. He still hopes to meet the 2012 Olympics though.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008...008.athletics2

That is so fake looking. I bet they did it cheep.

Fake? As opposed to a REAL mermaid? :rolleyes:
They weren't building a movie prop, it's a prosthesis.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 599960)

Fake? As opposed to a REAL mermaid? :rolleyes:
They weren't building a movie prop, it's a prosthesis.

yes i know but it still looks fake:headshake

Looks fake as compared to WHAT? :rolleyes: