Plenty of Fish in the AI Sea

There are millions of animal species on Earth, and scientists are still discovering new ones all the time. But if you're tired of waiting for the next discovery, you can always invent a few species of your own. That's what maker Jim Bruges has done with his project called This Fish Does Not Exist, which uses an Arduino UNO Q to generate illustrations and scientific descriptions of fish that have never existed.

The device looks like a framed page from a 19th-century ichthyology textbook, complete with a detailed illustration, scientific name, classification, and description. Every few minutes, it generates an entirely new fish, gradually draws it on an E Ink display, and fills in the accompanying information. Each imaginary species is also assigned a specimen number and a date and time of discovery.

The hardware is accessible from the back (📷: Jim Bruges)

The hardware is built around an...

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