Shark! New Sonar Buoy Will Warn Beachgoers When Large Sharks Are Near

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 1, 2014 @01:15PM from the will-also-summon-the-ghost-of-roy-scheider dept.

stephendavion writes: While the risk of being attacked by a shark is certainly low, it's one of those terrors that can weigh heavily on the mind of a beach-goer, particularly in higher-risk beaches such as those in Australia and South Africa. A new device is currently being developed to warn swimmers when a shark is detected in the water near a beach, and — no surprise — the Aussies are behind it. The Clever Buoy is being called the "world's first shark detection buoy" by its developers. The project is a collaboration between Australian telecommunications company Optus and marine safety company Shark Attack Mitigation Systems.

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Has to be better... by wandering_ronin · 2014-07-01 13:27 · Score: 2, Interesting

As a fellow Aussie I think this is fantastic. Anything has to be better than the inhumane slaughter of sharks in Western Australia this summer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W... I'm not a greenie or tree hugger but fucking with the apex predators of any ecosystem always ends with horrendous consequences.