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Underwater Vehicles

Autonomous Robotic Boats Improve Environmental Sampling at Sea

November 10, 2019
Sci Tech Daily

An autonomous robotic system invented by researchers at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) efficiently sniffs out the most scientifically interesting — but hard-to-find — sampling spots in vast, unexplored waters.

How Cheap Robots Are Transforming Ocean Exploration

November 5, 2019
Outside Magazine

For researchers, affordable tech opens up new worlds. “Your decision process is fundamentally different when you can use cheaper tools,” says Jim Bellingham, director of the Center for Marine Robotics at WHOI.

Best of Constant Wonder

October 5, 2019
BYU Radio

WHOI Research Engineer Jeff Kaeli talks about the 2017discovery of the San José, a sunken ship from 1708 loaded with treasure valued up to $17 billion. (segment begins 24:05)

Local fishermen assist leatherback research

August 27, 2019
Wicked Local

After several years, Kara Dodge began to do other work with turtles, in particular a “TurtleCam” project with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineer Amy Kukulya. The project involved tagging and tailing turtles with autonomous underwater vehicles to study diving behavior, eating habits, and assess ways to reduce entanglements.

Life Without Guts

November 14, 2017
The Atlantic

Piece and accompanying video highlights the Alvin sub and the discovery of hydrothermal vent life

Long-Lost Shipwreck, Possibly From 1700s, Found Off North Carolina Coast

July 21, 2015
The Weather Channel

Since July 20th, the shipwreck story was also covered in: Sci-Tech Today, The Market Business, CNET, NYC Today, The Register, Capitalberg, Beacon Transcript, PC-Tablet, Top News, Mid-day Daily, My Fox 8, Carolina Coast Online, CBS 6, Maine News Online, Northern Californian, Alaska Dispatch News, Canada Journal, and others.