Marine Technology 2014 Articles
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- Shark Marine Launches D.A.S. Boat page: 91
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on March 2014Shark Marine Technologies introduced its newest system for autonomous bathymetric surveying: The DiveLog Automated Survey Boat or D.A.S. Boat. As its name suggests, D.A.S. Boat is controlled by Shark Marine’s DiveLog software. Originally designed to create an intuitive interface for Shark Marine’s N
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- New Broco Underwater Cutting Rod page: 90
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on March 2014Broco Underwater offers the new advanced design Broco Ultrathermic Cutting Rod PLUS. Based on a new patent-pending design, Broco said its new underwater cutting rod delivers 20% more cutting and burn time than the same size prior generation rod. According to the manufacturer, the new Broco Ultrather
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on March 2014Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 acoustic positioning technology has been selected by Transas for use on two new build ice-class multi-purpose salvage vessels (MPSVs, the project is developed by Marine Engineering Bureau) commissioned by the Russian Ministry of Transport. The vessels are currently under constru
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on March 2014Engineered Syntactic Systems (ESS), a supplier of foam buoyancy solutions, announced plans to extend its line of syntactic products to support more traditional oceanographic implementations. The addition of modular product options enables ESS to supply more customers with great performance in a wide
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- New Survey Interface page: 89
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on March 2014Chesapeake Technology offers a new 24-bit analog sub-bottom SonarWiz interface (SBP24) for high resolution geophysical surveys. SBP24 provides extremely high resolution 24-bit data at sample rates from 10-100 kHz per channel for up to two channels over a standard USB 2.0 interface. Digitized data is
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- BIRNS Millennium Connectors page: 89
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on March 2014BIRNS, Inc. announced a range of new keying options for its BIRNS Millennium connector series. The BIRNS Millennium series is a six km rated, high density metal shell connector line trusted worldwide for demanding subsea applications, from manned and unmanned submersibles to sensors and towed arrays
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- New Compact in situ pCO2 Sensor page: 89
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on March 2014Turner Designs now offers C-sense, a compact, lightweight pCO2 sensor for measuring the partial pressure of gas in liquids. Designed for applications involving immersion in water, oil, or water and oil mixtures, C-sense combines an oil-resistant membrane interface with a compact temperature-compensa
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on March 2014Dutch energy company Eneco has purchased Fugro’s new wind LiDAR buoy while a Japanese company is to deploy its buoy close to a floating power generation system. Fugro recently developed what it calls an accurate and cost-effective alternative to the traditional method of wind profile measurements fo
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- Scanning Sonar for Search and Survey page: 88
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on March 2014When an SUV went off a Minnesota bridge and into a river in January the local sheriff’s office was immediately notified and the Winona County Dive Team dispatched. Two bodies were quickly recovered from the vehicle, both wearing seatbelts, but two others were missing. The third victim was found the
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on March 2014Most ROV pilots are familiar with the vanishing target problem when operating mechanically scanning sonar. During the approach with an ROV or any other moving platform, heading alterations of major proportion will often place sought-after targets outside of the viewing sector of the sonar on success
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- OI 2014 Technology Preview page: 84
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on March 2014This month the global subsea community gathers in London for Oceanology International 2014. MTR examines new technology set to debut. 2G Engineering 2G Engineering offers a full range of electric subsea rotary and linear actuator systems. These units are unique in that they are fully self containe
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on March 2014Following a major expansion which saw new MacArtney offices open in every coastal corner of the North America and added several new faces to the team, MacArtney is looking to experience record breaking growth within North American markets for underwater technology. This marks a key contribution to t
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on March 2014Devon Grennan was named CEO of Global Diving & Salvage in November 2013 after company founders Tim Beaver and John Graham stepped down from direct operational involvement. MTR caught up with Grennan for his insights on the business of Diving and Salvage. Your title is new, your tenure is not. Ho
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- New MASK Unveiled page: 72
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on March 2014This facility makes waves … literally Before sending a new ship to sea it helps to know how well it will perform, especially in rough seas. Testing and improving the seakeeping qualities of ship designs is an art that requires a combination of computerized modeling and simulation, scale model test
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on March 2014A small and relatively new, Halifax-based optics company is optimistic its submersible microscope will soon be getting a closer look as an instrument suited to a variety of applications. Resolution Optics, incorporated in 2009, has developed the submersible microscope that can be used down to a dep
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- 3D Imagining: Real-time with SAS page: 62
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on March 2014Real-time with Synthetic Aperture Sonar Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) is a technique for creating high resolution seabed imagery that shares many similarities with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The forward motion of the sonar is used to synthesize an array that is much longer than its physical
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- D-Day Mapping Mission page: 56
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on March 2014It’s been almost 70 years since the invasion of Normandy, France when 156,000 Allied troops landed and began their march across Europe to defeat Hitler. And, while these soldiers’ collective destinies could not have been known at the time, their will to fight was unmistakable. General Dwight D. Eise
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- X (Prize) Marks the Spot page: 52
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on March 2014Wanted: Ocean pH Sensor Technology Reward: $2 Million Nonprofit organization XPRIZE creates and manages large-scale, high-profile competitions that aim to stimulate research and development solutions to grand problems across a number of scientific fields. The group has previously held competitions
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- Expect the Unexpected: Acidic Oceans page: 44
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on March 2014Ocean Acidification (OA) has long been accepted as an equally troublesome companion of Global Warming. Studies have not only exposed impending problems, but have given scientists an insight into the complexities behind achieving a comprehensive understanding of the overall bionetwork response to thi
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- There’s an App for That! page: 38
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on March 2014Protect your unmanned investment, operate multiple systems, mix and match services Plug-and-play capabilities for unmanned systems? Scientists have long recognized the value of unmanned systems as tools to conduct exploration and research. The advantages are many, and the cost is usually less tha