Ziphius Is Not A Hobbit Character…It’s Your Personal In Water Drone!
Ziphius There Is An App For That! Give it to the Portuguese, a once powerful maritime nation, to bring to us the coolest and the first water drone in the Mundo. After watching the videos of this...
View ArticleDEEPSEA CHALLENGE: Engineering the Abyss
DEEPSEA CHALLENGER Dive-Photo:National Geographic Society San Diegan Bruce Sutphen was the U.S. project manager for the DEEPSEA CHALLENGE. Bruce was part of the Sub Team, Lander Team, and Launch and...
View ArticleFinal design of Platypus underwater exploration vehicle revealed
After four years of development and months of prototype testing, Platypus founder Francois Alexandre Bertrand and his team have decided on the final design for their Platypus underwater exploration...
View ArticleSeaOrbiter: Help Build This Space Station of the Sea – News Watch
SeaOrbiter, the first space station of the sea, is launching a crowdfunding campaign to finance the construction of the ‘Eye’ of the vessel, to start in spring 2014. Each person’s chance to own a...
View ArticleOcean Robots: AUV Now You Know Me
Guests: Oscar Schofield, Scott Glenn, and Bob Williams A new technology is changing oceanography and the nature of ocean research: gliders. These small unmanned vessels can be sent on lengthy missions...
View ArticleAustralian Sharks Tweet To Let Bather Know: #Hungry
Sharks in Western Australia are now tweeting out where they are — in a way. Government researchers have tagged 338 sharks with acoustic transmitters that monitor where the animals are. When a tagged...
View ArticleTriton Oxygen Respirator Turns Human Into a FIsh…Someday!
Vaporware Gives Us a Glimpse at the Future of Diving triton human gills My grandfather often told me “When it is too good to be true, well guess what? it is too good to be true!”. The Triton is indeed...
View ArticleSea Ice Data at Your Digital Fingertips: Alaska Sea Ice History Since 1860
New research data set for climate study Want to know how much of the Beaufort Sea was covered in ice in January 1850? You can now do so, thanks to a new website developed with support from by the...
View ArticleMantis Shrimp Inspires Super-Tough Composites
Mantis Shrimp A new lightweight, super strong material has been discovered thanks to one of nature’s most violent sociopaths. The peacock mantis shrimp may look like a colorful, reasonably...
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