AUEs: Miniature Robots To Swarm The Oceans For Science

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First Posted: 11-11-09 10:36 AM   |   Updated: 11-11-09 10:42 AM

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LiveScience:

Swarms of soup-can-sized robots will soon plunge into the ocean seeking data on poorly understood phenomena from currents to biology.

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Swarms of soup-can-sized robots will soon plunge into the ocean seeking data on poorly understood phenomena from currents to biology. ...
Swarms of soup-can-sized robots will soon plunge into the ocean seeking data on poorly understood phenomena from currents to biology. ...
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I wonder if they will notice that the pH of the ocean water drops from 8.3 at the surface to around 7.6 at 800 meters down.

Scaremongering of 'ocean acidification' can be attributed to the upwelling of deep ocean water - not atmospheric CO2...

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:54 AM on 11/12/2009
- ohmetoo I'm a Fan of ohmetoo 26 fans permalink
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One of the commentators on the Life Science article asked the question, why put more into the oceans when we have 90 foot deep patches of plastic garbage twice the expanse of Texas floating around. Good question, perhaps we should clean up the patch before we add more into the ocean. But of course the bots are to help us learn how to help the ocean adapt to the garbage, and stay healthy even as we pollute it. Twisted logic?

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:47 AM on 11/12/2009
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And when they become self aware?

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:04 AM on 11/12/2009
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Now that's what I'm talkin about. More research and a lot less hot air. Go bots.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:00 PM on 11/11/2009
- RMJ50 I'm a Fan of RMJ50 5 fans permalink

This is really interesting technology. I had a similar idea some years ago - I had planned on letting high school and college science groups do the assembly and then track them as they drift in the ocean via a computer application. But got sick and couldn't pursue it.

One interesting thing - if they get lost, we will know where to find them - in the great garbage gyre in the pacific ;)

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:21 PM on 11/11/2009
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Interesting...but I just hope nothin mistakes the robots for an easy meal.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:45 AM on 11/11/2009

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