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Submersible Drones, are you ready for them?!

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Image by PowerVision   We are starting to see them more and more, those drones in the sky.  But now drones are being built specifically for underwater.  Beijing-based drone builder PowerVision is building a submersible drone that uses sonar to detect fish, a blue light to lure them in and a 4K camera to stream all the events back to you on your boat.   PowerVision calls the drone, “PowerRay”, which can dive 30 meters (98 ft) below the surface and uses an optional sonar attachment to detect fish up to 40 meters (131 ft) away.  PowerRay has its own … Continue reading Submersible Drones, are you ready for them?!

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Fukushima, How bad is it really?

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The story of Fukushima from the Japanese side of the Pacific is this: Overall, things are under control with the construction of an “ice wall” to prevent the continued releases of contaminated water into the ocean, and fishing has resumed in all regions except those within 10 kilometers of the reactors. However, these milestones obscure the fact that the Japanese will be wrestling with the cleanup for decades and will spend trillions of yen in the process. It also minimizes the threats posed by millions of gallons of highly contaminated water on the power plant grounds and the likelihood that … Continue reading Fukushima, How bad is it really?