marine science

  • New, Ultrafast Swimming Drones Are Tiny Ocean Explorers

    New, Ultrafast Swimming Drones Are Tiny Ocean Explorers

    The future of drones isn’t in the skies. It’s in the ocean. That’s what the OpenROV team proved in 2012 with their wildly successful remote-controlled ocean-going drone (complete with underwater camera). And now they’re back with the Trident, a sleeker, faster model — which I took for a test swim last week at San Francisco’s…