Liquid Robotics' next generation Wave Glider SV Robots

Liquid Robots Unveils Newest Unmanned Wave Glider Robot - Science News - redOrbit

Today, the Silicon Valley startup is announcing a new line of Wave Glider robots propelled by waves and solar power. The Wave Glider SV3 is the world’s first unmanned ocean robot to use this kind of hybrid technology, according to an official statement from the company.

Source: Liquid Robots Unveils Newest Unmanned Wave Glider Robot - Science News - redOrbit

Liquid Robotics launches new generation of wave glider ocean robots | VentureBeat

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Liquid Robotics gained a spot in history when it announced in December that Papa Mau, one of its data-collecting second-generation Wave Gliders, had floated more than 9,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean.

Wave Gliders can collect data on weather in remote locations. They can be used to monitor hurricanes, predict tsunamis, and monitor rare marine life. Wave Gliders collect data on temperature, winds, humidity, wind gusts, water temperature, water color, and water composition. They can also take pictures. These robots are gathering a lot of observational data about climate change, ocean acidification, fisheries management, hurricane and tsunami warnings, and exploration — but in a green way.

Source: Liquid Robotics launches new generation of wave glider ocean robots | VentureBeat

Sea Waves and Sunlight Power This Upgraded Naval Robot | Danger Room | Wired.com

The Wave Glider SV3 is at the intersection of two others: robotics and renewable energy. Senior Navy officials are hot to create an undersea robot that can last great distances, performing missions that range from aquatic surveillance to mine destruction to submarine hunting. Problem is, no engineer has figured out how to give the robots a sufficiently long-lasting fuel source to power cross-oceanic transit — a necessity, since the robot isn’t going to swim into port to refuel. Which ties into another Navy necessity: immunizing its budget from the fluctuations in fuel costs, especially as its efforts at using biofuels ran into major congressional obstruction.

Source: Sea Waves and Sunlight Power This Upgraded Naval Robot | Danger Room | Wired.com

Roger Hine introducing the Wave Glider SV3 - YouTube

Source: Roger Hine introducing the Wave Glider SV3 - YouTube

LRI | Wave Glider SV Series

First introduced in 2009, Wave Gliders have since traveled more than 300,000 nautical miles, set a world record for longest distance traveled by an autonomous vehicle, and been deployed on more than 100 customer missions ranging from the Arctic and Australia, to the Canary Islands and Loch Ness.

The SV Series represents the next generation of Wave Glider technology and includes the Wave Glider SV2 with a compatible growth path to the high-end Wave Glider SV3. Customers can choose the Wave Glider that best fits their mission and budgetary requirements, or mix and match for complex operations.

Download the Wave Glider SV Series data sheet (pdf)

Source: LRI | Wave Glider SV Series

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The Hyper-Sub -- A Submarine and Surface Cruising Powerboat.

About the Hyper-Sub, the world's first autonomous, small submarine capable of high speed surface travel over long distances.

clipped from www.tuvie.com Marion Hyper-Sub is a submersible powerboat, an innovation new vessel with flexible design. This powerboat has the ability to run in the surface at impressive speeds. The Hyper-Sub is the first small craft built with the horsepower, sea-keeping, and range to allow operation on the high seas, which also functions as a self-charging, autonomous, one-atmosphere submarine. The patented design, which was 31 years in the making, will forever alter the mini-sub industry. The world�s first true general-purpose submarine. clipped from hyper-sub.com clipped from hyper-sub.com clipped from www.lakecityreporter.com Hyper sub hysteria It's a boat! It's a submarine! It's on public display this weekend Reynolds Marion's hyper sub invention, the boat that also is a submarine, will be on public display on Saturday in Lake Butler. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter clipped from www.youtube.com Hyper-Sub TV 20 News Story clipped from www.youtube.com Hyper-Sub Roll-out clipped from www.youtube.com Hyper-Sub First Dive Test clipped from www.youtube.com Hypersub Lake Testing Highlights clipped from www.youtube.com Hyper-Sub January 2008 Promo Video

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Freedom Ship a floating city

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Freedom Ship: a concept for a massive ocean-going vessel continually moving around the world

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Freedom Ship Freedom Ship was a concept for a floating city proposed by Norman Nixon. With a design length of 4,500 feet (1400 m), a width of 750 feet (230 m), and a height of 350 feet (110 m), Freedom Ship would be more than 4 times longer than the Queen Mary. The design concepts include a mobile modern city featuring luxurious living, an extensive duty-free international shopping mall, and a full 1.7 million square foot (160,000 m²) floor set aside for various companies to showcase their products. Freedom Ship would not be a cruise ship, it is proposed to be a unique place to live, work, retire, vacation, or visit. The proposed voyage would continuously circle the globe, covering most of the world's coastal regions. Its large fleet of commuter aircraft and hydrofoils would ferry residents and visitors to and from shore. clipped from www.freedomship.com clipped from www.freedomship.com clipped from www.freedomship.com clipped from www.freedomship.com

Visby -- The Invisible Warship

The first vessel in the world to have fully developed stealth technology

Visby is the latest class of Corvette to be adopted by the Swedish Navy, the ship's design heavily emphasizes low visibility or Stealth technology. The first ship in the class is named after Visby, the main city on the island of Gotland.

Visby class corvette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Visby Class corvette is the first vessel in the world to have fully developed stealth technology, combined with high operational versatility. The outstanding stealth properties fundamentally change the ship's survivability and improve its mission effectiveness.
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The Visby is designed to minimize all signatures - optical and infrared signature, above water acoustic and hydroacoustic signature, underwater electrical potential and magnetic signature, pressure signature, radar cross section and actively emitted signals.

Visby

The “stealthiest” ship that currently exists is Sweden’s Visby Corvette. Apart from being painted in grey dazzle camouflage and made of low-radar reflectivity materials, it also does not use propellers, which are the noisiest part of a ship. The vessel also has the lowest “magnetic signature” of any current warship.

Technology Brings Warships Closer to Invisibility - Technology - redOrbit

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