1/ Some news—when we first shot this video revealing the inside at Lux family co @saildrone...
I could NOT show ANY footage of a secret stealth drone ship called “Surveyor” it was MASSIVE. And a massive feat of engineering...
I could NOT show ANY footage of a secret stealth drone ship called “Surveyor” it was MASSIVE. And a massive feat of engineering...
2/ This massive engineering feat by Lux family co @saildrone was finally UNVEILED last week
3/ Nothing autonomous this large or capable has ever been built.
72 ft long
Will spend MONTHS at sea
mapping sea floor with powerful sonar
scanning ocean surface for genetic material for fish and more...
@WIRED did a tremendous job covering it...
wired.com/story/the-auto…
72 ft long
Will spend MONTHS at sea
mapping sea floor with powerful sonar
scanning ocean surface for genetic material for fish and more...
@WIRED did a tremendous job covering it...
wired.com/story/the-auto…
4/ Carbon fiber composite and stainless steel Hull, powered by solar and linked by satellite 📡🛰 this was 15 years in the making
Can reach 7,000 meters deep, can detect speed and direction of water currents down to 1,000 meters
LESS than 20% of the sea floor has been mapped!
Can reach 7,000 meters deep, can detect speed and direction of water currents down to 1,000 meters
LESS than 20% of the sea floor has been mapped!
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