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World’s Deepest Underwater Volcanic Vents Found in Caribbean
This undated photo released by the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England, Monday April 12, 2010, shows a cloud of smoky water billowing from the top of a tower of metal ore at a volcanic vent five kilometres beneath the surface of the Caribbean.
Scientists using a remote-controlled submarine have discovered the deepest known volcanic vent and say the superheated waters inside could contain...
In Arctic ‘cold war,’ Russia plows ahead
A new cold war is breaking out in the race for Arctic oil, natural gas and minerals, and it involves front-line icebreakers. Russia has seven and the United States has three, if you count one that’s laid up in Seattle and won’t be seaworthy for a year.
The competition is heating up because of global warming and high energy prices. They’ve made the Arctic coastline and seafloor, despite...
Aquanaut emerges from biosub
BREATHING air provided by algae watered with recycled urine, and pedalling a bike for electricity, an Australian aquanaut emerged today after 13 days living underwater in a “biosub”.
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Zylotech buoys to protect Japanese sub
High-tech buoys fitted with video and acoustic equipment, manufactured by Australian company Zylotech, have been purchased by the NSW government to protect a Japanese midget submarine recently discovered off the coast of Sydney.
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British unmanned sub used to clear mines
An unmanned submarine which detects and destroys unexploded mines has been unveiled in Hampshire.
The Talisman, which is size of a small family car, was built in Waterlooville by BAE Systems.
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Korea to launch unmanned submarine (ROV)
Seoul, Korea – South Korea plans the fourth ever launching of an unmanned submarine which can explore depths to 6 kilometers, next Wednesday.
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“Airacuda” the first fish with pneumatic drive
Festo presented during the Hannover Fair, Hannover, Germany the first fish with pneunatice drive with the name “Airacuda”.
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Remote-controlled devices will search waters for red tide
SARASOTA – Don’t panic if you spot a winged torpedo in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s not like a scene from “The Hunt for Red October.” It’s the hunt for red tide.
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Inventor develops ‘artificial gills’
An Israeli inventor has developed an underwater breathing system that literally squeezes oxygen directly from seawater, doing away with the need for compressed air tanks.
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Unmanned Underwater Vehicle to operate from the torpedo tubes of U.S. Navy Submarines
We’ve all held our breath in the movies as the submarine with the good guys in it slides between the mines, touching a chain here and there to heighten the drama. In the future, that scenario will need to be rewritten as it’s likely that an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) will be fired from the torpedo tubes well in advance of a minefield and scope out exactly where the mines are.
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