A close encounter with a pod of wild orcas is a dream for many divers. As the ocean’s apex predator, orcas are equally as graceful as they are powerful.
Diving into the World of Orcas with Todd Thimios
What comes next?
s I’ve previously indicated, I’ve been sparing my nerves by not reacting seriously until I “see the whites of their eyes,” – and I have to take in with amusement some of the conflicts and narratives that are being revealed.
Data Processing, Featured, Industrial pollution, Metrics, Noise Pollution, Underwater Communication, Underwater Internet of Things
Another Angle on Standards
Standard metrics and vocabulary assures us that scientific and technical research is clearly understood, and repeatable. But it also can confer commercial advantages if the “Standard” conforms to already-developed, proprietary technologies.
Where do we go from here?
Getting everyone on the same page
I realized that if we were going to come up with clear regulatory guidelines (why we did this exercise), we would all need to be fishing in the same metrics pond.
Industrial pollution, Noise Pollution, Standards, Underwater Communication, Underwater Internet of Things
Information only when needed
If this approach was employed in the Underwater Internet of Things – establishing communication channels predicated on unique frequency-shift sequences specific to the particular communication channels, it might go far in allaying our concerns about turning the entire ocean into a digital-communications mosh pit.
Bioacoustics, Data Processing, Metrics, Noise Pollution, Ocean Life, Underwater Communication, Underwater Internet of Things
Underwater Internet of Things starting to sneak up on us.
Under the auspices of the International Standards Organization (ISO), we’re working on the “Underwater Internet of Things” (UIoT). Our task is to make sure that it wreaks the least amount of havoc on marine life.
Now we’re getting somewhere! (v.2.0)
New pile-driving technologies promise to tame the unruly noise of installing shallow-water windfarms.
Now we’re getting somewhere!
While the ocean is 10 times louder now than it was just 50 years ago, a new propeller design promises to roll the noise back. This will make a huge quality difference for the ocean’s inhabitants.