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Thursday August 26 2:01 PM ET
Presenting Lobster-cam on the Web
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A new Web site is launching lobsters into cyberspace.
It's based inside a trap under the waters of Spruce Head, where a camera
sends a new photo to an Internet site every two minutes, sometimes showing a
caged crustacean poking its antennae around or climbing across the lens.
The Web address is http://www.midcoast.com/lobcam/
<http://www.midcoast.com/lobcam/>
The so-called Lobster Cam was set up by the University of Maine's Lobster
Institute to help advance science while having a little fun in the process.
``I just thought it would be neat,'' said Robert Bayer, executive director
of the institute and a professor of biosystems science and engineering at
the university.
``It was several years in the making and had a number of false starts with
technological problems and students working on it,'' Bayer said.
The first graduate student who worked on the project ended up with a
waterlogged camera. Bayer offered some extra motivation by promising an
``A'' grade and a case of beer to whoever could get the thing working.
Trevor Davis, a senior aquaculture student from Augusta, is walking away
with the prize.
An avid diver with experience in electronics, Davis ran a coaxial cable and
a power cable through a garden hose to an underwater video camera housed
inside the trap.
It connects to a computer on the dock at Atwood Lobster in Spruce Head. The
pictures can be reached through the Web site for Midcoast Internet
Solutions.
Setting up a ``Web cam'' underwater is pretty unusual, Davis said.
``The marine environment is very corrosive and it's hard to have something
with any longevity.''
Steven Waterman, a South Thomaston Fisherman, has promised to pull the trap
regularly to wipe slime off the lens and replace the bait.
``I think its pretty neat,'' Waterman said. ``I don't think anyone has done
it. They've done it on nude beaches, and now this.''
The pictures can only be seen during the day until a burnt-out light in the
trap is fixed. Bayer said the lobsters aren't camera shy; sometimes they
climb up on the camera and peek at the lens.
It's been in place for two months, long enough to catch the interest of the
International Lobster Congress in Adelaide, Australia.
The group has promised to keep the Lobster Cam up constantly on a computer
screen.
``Everybody's interested in what goes on in their trap,'' Bayer said.
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