Sea drones send images with sound

• Autores: Matt Reynolds
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3128, 2017, pág. 9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Drones are sending back snaps from the deep. Uncrewed vehicles that scour the ocean floor for submerged mines can now beam back images to human operators in close to real time. The technology, developed by Canada's Department of National Defence, could also be used to autonomously map the locations of starfish colonies, for example, or study deep-sea hydrothermal wents. Most underwater messages are sent using sound waves since they can travel longer distances in water