Wednesday, December 28, 2011

China's Noisy Subs Get Busier -- And Easier to Track | Danger Room | Wired.com

http://m.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/china-submarines/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher


Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
http://cshel.geology.udel.edu
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

America's Turn From Science, a Danger For Democracy

America's Turn From Science, a Danger For Democracy
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December 27, 2011 2:27 PM
by Soulskill

America's Turn From Science, a Danger For Democracy


NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Here's a good article about how playing politics with science puts our country at risk — a review of Shawn Otto's book Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America. Today's policy-makers, Otto shows, are increasingly unwilling to pursue many of the remedies science presents. They take one of two routes: deny the science, or pretend the problems don't exist."

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Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

Monday, December 19, 2011

Shawn Lawrence Otto: Franken, Whitehouse Expose Climate Deniers on Senate Floor

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawn-lawrence-otto/franken-whitehouse-expose_b_1159025.html


Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
http://cshel.geology.udel.edu
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

AUV Discovers Svalbard Helicopter Wreck - News - Hydro International

http://www.hydro-international.com/news/id5236-AUV_Discovers_Svalbard_Helicopter_Wreck.html?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2011

Small underwater vehicle washes up in New Bedford

I guessed when I saw this image that it was an early VT model unit and a colleague wrote to say that he found out it was.  I guess it says something about how much of an AUV geek one is if you can recognize them like exotic cars.

http://auvac.org/community-information/community-news/view/1332

UDMessenger - Trembanis

Thanks to Nicole for pointing out this article from the UD Messenger that I had missed.

http://www.udel.edu/udmessenger/vol19no2/stories/research-trembanis.html

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Philosopher Patrick Lin On the Ethics of Military Robotics - Slashdot

What would Asimov think of today's military robots.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/1444208/philosopher-patrick-lin-on-the-ethics-of-military-robotics?utm_source=feedburnerGoogle+Feedfetcher&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher


Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
http://cshel.geology.udel.edu
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

Dropping a Cannonball into a Tub Full of Mercury

Dropping a Cannonball into a Tub Full of Mercury
Glad we don't have to try and swim the AUV through an ocean of mercury!

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December 15, 2011 9:00 AM
by Sean Michael Ragan

Dropping a Cannonball into a Tub Full of Mercury

Continuing our "what happens when you drop stuff into stuff?" series is this short video segment from the BBC.  As with dropping a magnet through a copper pipe, many of you probably know what to expect, here. But it's nonetheless cool to see.  Mercury is so beautiful; such a shame it's also so toxic.

More:

Chemistry Physics Science science demos


Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

Dropping a Magnet Through a Copper Pipe

Dropping a Magnet Through a Copper Pipe
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December 14, 2011 7:40 PM
by Sean Michael Ragan

Dropping a Magnet Through a Copper Pipe

This simple demonstration of eddy current braking (Wikipedia) will probably be familiar to many of you, but this video from YouTuber JamesRB1995 is a short, well-shot, impressive documentation of the effect. Keep in mind that copper is not ferromagnetic, and there is no direct magnetic attraction going on here.

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Kinetic Sculpture Manipulates Rare Earth Magnets

Education Physics Science eddy currents science videos


Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

Friday, December 16, 2011

Aquarius’ Commercial Counterparts

Aquarius' Commercial Counterparts
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December 10, 2011 11:40 AM
by Saul Rosser

Aquarius' Commercial Counterparts

The Aquarius Habitat supports Saturation Divers at a depth of 47 Feet Sea Water. The commercial diving industry conducts saturation diving to much greater depths utilizing chambers on board a Dive Support Vessel (SDV) and a Diving Bell for lowering divers to the sea floor. One of the largest and most modern saturation diving systems in operation today is the DSV Skandi Arctic. Aquarius Reef Base's Operations Director, Saul Rosser, also happens to have been heavily involved in the design of this system which can take divers to 350 Meters Sea Water (1,150 Feet Sea Water).  Discovery Science recently produced an episode of their Mighty Ships series on the Skandi Arctic and it can be viewed at the following link:

http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/mighty-ships-/mighty-ships-season-4/mighty-ships-4-skandi-arctic/#clip426506

 

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Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

BBC News - Undersea mountains march into the abyss

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16056192

'Merging Tsunami' Amplified Destruction In Japan

'Merging Tsunami' Amplified Destruction In Japan
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December 7, 2011 5:19 AM
by Soulskill

'Merging Tsunami' Amplified Destruction In Japan


Hugh Pickens writes "The magnitude-9.0 Tohoku-Oki temblor, the fifth-most powerful quake ever recorded, triggered a tsunami that doubled in intensity over rugged ocean ridges, amplifying its destructive power at landfall, as seen in data from NASA and European radar satellites that captured at least two wave fronts that day, which merged to form a single, double-high wave far out at sea. This wave was capable of traveling long distances without losing power. Ocean ridges and undersea mountain chains pushed the waves together along certain directions from the tsunami's origin. 'It was a one-in-10-million chance that we were able to observe this double wave with satellites,' says study team member Y. Tony Song. 'Researchers have suspected for decades that such 'merging tsunamis' might have been responsible for the 1960 Chilean tsunami that killed about 200 people in Japan and Hawaii, but nobody had definitively observed a merging tsunami until now.' The study suggests scientists may be able to create maps that take into account all undersea topography, even sub-sea ridges and mountains far from shore to help scientists improve tsunami forecasts."

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Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

"Il faut aller voir" -JYC

Studying Human-Robot Interactions - The Daily Beast


http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/12/04/studying-human-robot-interactions.html

Drone Submarines Add Eyes for N.Y.C. Harbor Police - NYTimes.com

Odd nomenclature to call the ROVs drones...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/nyregion/drone-submarines-add-eyes-for-nyc-harbor-police.html?_r=2

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Technology Impact on Us

http://www.tech4us.org/

This week I am giving the last in the semester series lectures on technology's impact on us as part of the Osher Life long learning academy. On Wednesday I will also be giving a science cafe talk.