Tuning In To SharkCam

WHOI engineer Amy Kukulya steadies the REMUS SharkCam in in a test tank while acoustics engineer Keenan Ball monitors sensor and propulsion noise. Just weeks after the SharkCam made a splash on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, the Oceanographic Systems Lab engineers were looking at ways to adapt the autonomous underwater vehicle to follow whales and turtles through the water. Using a calibrated hydrophone, Kukulya and Ball mapped the noise generated by the vehicle, information that will help them keep the acoustics outside the normal hearing of target species. (Photo by Ken Kostel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)