Using mechanics based on everyone’s favorite cephalopods (no, not cuttlefish, you weirdo), scientists from the University of Southampton, MIT, and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology have developed what I am now dubbing the Hella Fast OctoBot, because why the heck not.
The OctoBot fills itself with water and then quickly expels it in order to reach 0-to-60 speeds usually only seen in car commercials. Its 30cm body can achieve thrust 2.6 times that of an actual rocket. A 3D-printed polycarbonate skeleton stops the OctoBot from having that “rapidly deflating balloon” freak out underwater, and keeps its direction streamlined.
via The Mary Sue
