Drones for ocean work

[River Cruiser]

Anyone run across one of these yet? Pretty cool even if no one can ride along.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...wave-satellite

[zboss]

I'll raise you one... how cool is this:

OPENROV

[fstbttms]

Originally Posted by River Cruiser

Anyone run across one of these yet?

Very apt.

[Andrew Troup]

Originally Posted by zboss

I'll raise you one... how cool is this:

OPENROV

Hmmm ...

If I hadn't come across the item referred to in the OP, I would have scored the Open ROV project as a little bit cool, but it seems like a minnow against the awesomeness of a self powered, autonomous, destination-oriented, transoceanic range, travelling data-gathering item, at least from where I am.

[storyinframes]

Read an interesting article about sea gliders couple of months back. was very fascinated by this new technology. this could be a game changer...
Exploring the oceans: 20,000 colleagues under the sea | The Economist