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Liquid Robotics' Wave Gliders Begin Historic Swim Across Pacific
- CamperBob 15y agoDrug cartels seen salivating, writing large checks...
- cellis 15y agoWow, I ended up reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine because of that comment. What's amazing is how sophisticated this technology is and how underreported it is. They are using fiberglass hulls to evade radar and transmitting their location using state of the art encryption.
- Matti 15y agoHere's a 1 hour talk on the Wave Glider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq4G2ciXjZI&t=13m11s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq4G2ciXjZI&t=13m11s
- arjn 15y agoI wonder if these can be considered the next generation of underwater gliders. There was a very interesting program on them recently - either on PBS or Discovery, can't recall exactly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_gliders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_gliders One of these made an Atlantic crossing. http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-news/underwater-robots-explore-ocean http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-news/underwater-robots-explore-oce...
- steveis99 15y agoThis is James Gosling's new gig...
- mooneater 15y agoI dont understand why James thinks this will save the world.
- wtvanhest 15y agoIt is just a different direction toward energy independence which could evolve in to something bigger.
- cbo 15y ago"Save the world" is such a broad term. It really depends on what things about the world you find to be most important. If your primary concerns are safety from hazardous ocean-based weather, security of offshore energy generators and fisheries, and a better understanding of the ocean's effect on climate change, Liquid Robotics' technology would certainly qualify as "saving the world".
- SimHacker 15y agohttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/business/wave-glider-a-floating-robot-seeks-to-network-the-oceans.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/business/wave-glider-a-flo... "I was told 'find something interesting to do'." -jag They should have been a wee bit more specific about whose interests they were referring to!