[CINC] Robots protecting whales...

[Ken Macdonald]

Fascinating article, from my buddies at WHOI where I used to work many years
ago, someday this technology might be useful in the Channel:




Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/>
Published January 11, 2013

In the Atlantic Ocean, locating a right whale
<http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/right-whale/>  the
size of a school bus can be like finding a needle in a haystack. But a new
generation of sharp-eared underwater robots can pinpoint the leviathans'
locations in real time. Armed with acoustic equipment and onboard computers,
these "gliders" hear singing whales and alert humans so shipping traffic can
avoid the mammals‹and so scientists know where to find them.

For the full article, see:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/130111-robot-detect-whales-ocea
n-technology-animals-science/

Cheers,
Ken Macdonald



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