sonar
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A 56-Year-Old Plane Crash Mystery May Have Been Solved Thanks to California’s Drought
The record-setting drought in California has brought water levels to new lows. Now, dropping reservoir levels may have helped solve the mystery of a plane that crashed 56 years ago.
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Unprecedented Image Shows A Dolphin’s Echolocated Impression Of A Submerged Human
In a world’s first, researchers from the US and UK have created an impression of a submerged human as recorded by a dolphin’s echolocation. To do it, a team led by Jack Kassewitz of SpeakDolphin.com used an imaging system known as a Cymascope. The system, developed by John Stuart Reid (who also assisted with the…
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Scientists Used Sonar To Find San Francisco’s Notorious Lost Shipwreck
In 1901, steamer ship City of Rio de Janeiro sank on its way into the San Francisco Bay, killing 128 passengers and disappearing into the ocean. The famous lost ship stayed disappeared for over 100 years, its location suspected but never confirmed. Now, thanks to a sonar technology called “Echoscope”, scientists have pinpointed the wreck’s…
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This Floating Sonar Pod Turns Your Smartphone Into A Fish Finder
If fishing for you is more about pulling the most catches out of a lake — instead of simply using your wits to outsmart nature — then the more gear the better. And while fish finders have been around for decades, the FishHunter is the first to turn your smartphone into a window to what…