<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/xtiklLPp8bw/" target="_blank">Bizarre 'flipping' research ship turns 50</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:39:34 PDT ]</i><BR>Launched in 1962, the Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) can sink itself on purpose and withstand heavy seas in a vertical position.

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