http://www.whoi.edu 60 http://www.whoi.edu/cms/images/090701_oceanus_fp_90946.jpg http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=57819&sectionid=1001 250 325 2009-07-04T09:49:44-0400 12 daily http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=57819&sectionid=1001 A conversation with WHOI engineer Don Peters
Engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution surmounted a host of technological challenges to create a new type of deep-diving robot—named after a mythical Greek god with a fish tail and a man’s torso.

Other interviews from this series:
Miles Under the Sea, Hanging on by a Hair-Thin Fiber
A conversation with engineer Andy Bowen

4,000 Batteries Under the Sea
A conversation with engineer Daniel Gomez-Ibañez

Armed and Dexterous
A conversation with engineer Matt Heintz

Let There Be Light in the Dark Depths
A conversation with engineer Jonathan Howland ]]> http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=19557 http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=33342 Nereus and its recent successful dive to the deepest part of the world’s ocean—the Mariana Trench on Tuesday, July 7 at 2:30 p.m. at the WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center Auditorium, 15 School Street, Woods Hole.]]> http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7545&tid=282&cid=57867&ct=162 http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7545&tid=282&cid=57586&ct=162 Nereus is first vehicle to enable routine scientific investigation to the deepest ocean depths worldwide.]]> http://www.whoi.edu/home/interactive/nereus" onclick="return popitup('http://www.whoi.edu/home/interactive/nereus') Nereus is a new, one-of-a-kind vehicle designed to explore the oceans' deepest depths.  Learn more about the vehicle in this interactive tour. ]]> http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=57272