Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) (1 Viewer)

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Snowmelt

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This is a really informative article about what is already here, no longer a far off "dream of the future". While it has been clear that humankind have been making forays into domination of the ocean environment for centuries, but mostly in the 1900's up to the present, this has progressed to the stage where “Underwater robots swarm the ocean,” says a page on the website of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute."

Underwater noise pollution is a major concern of environmental groups and scientists.
"The effects of sonar on whales and dolphins have been widely publicized. But the effects of noise pollution on fish and other denizens of the deep are just as devastating, as Lindy Weilgart details in her 36-page report for OceanCare. She reviews 115 research studies on the effects of noise on 66 species of fish and 36 species of invertebrates."

From the article:

"Some of the activities that supposedly “need” this technology in the oceans are:
  • climate change monitoring
  • pollution control and tracking
  • disaster prevention including tsunami warning systems
  • ocean exploration
  • fishing and aquaculture
  • coral reef harvesting
  • tectonic plate monitoring
  • navigation
  • global oceanic trade
  • oil and gas exploration and production
  • military communication and surveillance
The infrastructure that is beginning to be deployed, throughout the oceans, includes:
  • sensors and antennas (“nodes”) on the ocean floor
  • nodes at different depths
  • surface nodes
  • relay antennas at different depths to transmit data vertically from the ocean floor to the ocean surface, and horizontally between nodes
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
  • Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs)
  • underwater robots
  • wireless surface buoys
  • smart boats and ships
  • smart submarines
  • smart shores"
 

Donna Taylor

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I received an email from Josh Solgar? on this recently. Who knew?? More stupidity done to Earth and its inhabitants. Where will it end? I really hope this never goes as far as they want.
 
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Lila

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That's quite an irony; we have to monitor the effects of our technology and lifestyle with yet more technology which has a short lifespan and then adds to the garbage collection; this time in the ocean.
 
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