life imitating art

I recall the real life images that seem to have provided the direct inspiration to some of herge's cases.

But here is an example of something that seems to take after his art,




The pictures show a research submarine drone and its designer. Details can be found here.

For images showing where some of Hergé's cases imitated life, we have,

"Hergé sous influence !"



and from the excellent site À la découverte de Tintin,

"Le case German Research in World War II"




A picture very similar to the Karaboudjan, here,