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.
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.
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.
Is AI really up to speaking whale? “Artificial Intelligence” is is the shiny new toy that synthesizes gargantuan amounts of data and spits out the most likely condensation. For it to work, one needs to start with understanding…
The question remains as to whether the fossil fueled industrial denial of our global climate catastrophe will abate, or if they will change their tune to “it’s too late to do anything about…”
Most underwater communication signals will likely be acoustic, and likely be in the 8kHz – 25kHz range; overlapping human auditory range, and smack-dab in the sweet spot of marine mammal hearing range (as well as some fishes, and likely some marine invertebrates…).
