Alvin’s interior will be getting a redesign as a new larger titanium has been forged. It is 3, rather than 2, inches thick, with an interior diameter that is 4.6 inches wider than Alvin’s current sphere. That increases the interior volume by nearly 20 percent, from 144 to 171 cubic feet, and that additional space . . . → Read More: Pimp My Alvin
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By Dr. M, on  October 15th, 2010  Leave a comment  Gadgets & Gear, Vessels and Equipment  alvin, sphere, sub, submarine, submersible, titanium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute By Dr. M, on August 19th, 2010 5 comments Oil Spills Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Hydrocarbons, Methane Seep, microbial, oil plume, Oil Spill, oxygen, petroleum, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute BP want’s to deny the presence of a deepwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. The very oil plume both predicted by models published in 2003. The very oil plume that the massive amounts of dispersant injected at depth created to prevent oil from washing ashore. Even the government wants to deny the existence of . . . → Read More: Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf
By Dr. M, on July 1st, 2010 One comment Gadgets & Gear, Vessels and Equipment acoustic, HROV, Nereus, tether, WHOI, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Illustration shows how the optical modem could function at a deep ocean cabled observatory. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) collect sonar images (downward bands of light) and other data at a hydrothermal vent site and transmit the data through an optical modem to receivers stationed on moorings in the ocean. The moorings are connected to a . . . → Read More: New Communications System Promises Untethered, Undersea Vehicles Who Will Destroy the World
By Dr. M, on June 10th, 2009 3 comments Vessels and Equipment autonomous underwater robot, AUV, Challenger Deep, deep sea, hybrid, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean, remote operated vehicle, swiss army, tether, Wood's Hole, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute At the beginning of May we discussed Nereus, the new $5 million hybrid-transformer-multipurpose-all knowing-swiss army knife of deep-sea research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The autonomous vehicle can switch between an autonomous underwater vehicle (unteathered to the surface) to a remote operated vehicle (tethered) depending on the mission. At that time, the goal was . . . → Read More: Deep-Sea Transformer Sets Record
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