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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Maker Faire New York: MATE Underwater Robots
Maker Faire New York: MATE Underwater Robots
MAKE Magazine
In the West Courtyard, look for the large swimming pool surrounded by swarms of kids — that's where you'll find the PVC submersible robots of the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE), an organization funded by the National Science Foundation that puts on a competition of student-built underwater ROVs. They have simpler robots in the pool that kids can drive around, along with a more robust robot (bottom photo) on display.
Filed under: Maker Faire
Original Article: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/zbXgxHGXZ_c/
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360-degree iPhone Panoramic Camera Travels Across America on a Scooter
360-degree iPhone Panoramic Camera Travels Across America on a Scooter
MAKE Magazine
Panoramic videographer and iPhone hacker Gabriel Paez is currently half-way across the country on his coast-to-coast trip from Seaside, OR to Portland, ME. As of this writing he's in Dubuque, IA with his 2005 Vespa PX150 named Pucho. Riding atop his scooter, Paez is outfitted with a unique panoramic camera of his own design. Consisting of eight iPhones mounted to a harness and positioned directly over his helmet, the entire rig is controlled by a ninth wrist-mounted iPhone running custom software written by Paez. Check out Gabriel's site to find out more about the project, see where he's at, ask him a question, or donate some gas money. [Thanks, Marsee!]
Filed under: iPhone, Mobile, Photography, Transportation, Video Making
Original Article: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/WFcF90IY78g/
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Dive into the Great Barrier Reef with the first underwater imagery in Google Maps
September 25, 2012 7:05 PM
by Lat Long Blog
Dive into the Great Barrier Reef with the first underwater imagery in Google Maps
Today we're adding the very first underwater panoramic images to Google Maps, the next step in our quest to provide people with the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world. With these vibrant and stunning photos you don't have to be a scuba diver—or even know how to swim—to explore and experience six of the ocean's most incredible living coral reefs. Now, anyone can become the next virtual Jacques Cousteau and dive with sea turtles, fish and manta rays in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii.
Starting today, you can use Google Maps to find a sea turtle swimming among a school of fish, follow a manta ray and experience the reef at sunset—just as I did on my first dive in the Great Barrier Reef last year. You can also find out much more about this reef via the World Wonders Project, a website that brings modern and ancient world heritage sites online.
At Apo Island, a volcanic island and marine reserve in the Philippines, you can see an ancient boulder coral, which may be several hundred years old. And in the middle of the Pacific, in Hawaii, you can join snorkelers in Oahu's Hanauma Bay and drift over the vast coral reef at Maui's Molokini crater.
We're partnering with The Catlin Seaview Survey, a major scientific study of the world's reefs, to make these amazing images available to millions of people through the Street View feature of Google Maps. The Catlin Seaview Survey used a specially designed underwater camera, the SVII, to capture these photos.
Whether you're a marine biologist, an avid scuba diver or a landlocked landlubber, we encourage you to dive in and explore the ocean with Google Maps. Check out our complete underwater collection, featuring a Google+ underwater Hangout from the Great Barrier Reef. And you can always explore more imagery from around the world by visiting maps.google.com/streetview.
Starting today, you can use Google Maps to find a sea turtle swimming among a school of fish, follow a manta ray and experience the reef at sunset—just as I did on my first dive in the Great Barrier Reef last year. You can also find out much more about this reef via the World Wonders Project, a website that brings modern and ancient world heritage sites online.
At Apo Island, a volcanic island and marine reserve in the Philippines, you can see an ancient boulder coral, which may be several hundred years old. And in the middle of the Pacific, in Hawaii, you can join snorkelers in Oahu's Hanauma Bay and drift over the vast coral reef at Maui's Molokini crater.
The Catlin Seaview Survey team on location on the Great Barrier Reef, encountering a manta ray (View Larger Map)
Whether you're a marine biologist, an avid scuba diver or a landlocked landlubber, we encourage you to dive in and explore the ocean with Google Maps. Check out our complete underwater collection, featuring a Google+ underwater Hangout from the Great Barrier Reef. And you can always explore more imagery from around the world by visiting maps.google.com/streetview.
Explore more underwater images
Posted by Brian McClendon, VP of Google Maps and Earth (and snorkeling enthusiast) 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
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