Slashdot Mirror
Robotic Science Network Watches Our Oceans
Roland Piquepaille writes "I bet most of you have never heard about Argo, an ambitious scientific project about the observation of our oceans. This project is endorsed by 18 countries and just reached a milestone: there are today more than 1,500 robotic floats reporting about salinity changes or predicting El Niño events, among other ones. This news release from the University of California at San Diego says that the Argo floats, which are autonomous ocean-traveling robots programmed to sink more than a mile below the ocean surface, are helping scientists all over the world to look at the future of our whole planet. And in 2007, when the deployment is completed, 3,000 underwater robots will help us to better understand the changes in our climate. You'll find more details, pictures and references in this overview."
I can hear the screams now! Wait, no you cant.
There is no sig
Awesome, looking forward to "Ghost In the Sea Shell"
Electrons are free; it is moving them that becomes expensive.
I think it just might be you that did not wach "The day after tomorrow" with its weather and saline bouys.
.. does that count? ;)
I wish I *didn't* watch it .
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
"Argo floats, which are [...] programmed to sink"
Oh, yeah, that makes sense.
I hope they have some kind of weapon to kill the sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads...
Too much Law; not enough Order.
Imagine how many jobs this could have provided for people! WHY GOD WHY!?
You're nothing; like me.