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Surface clean-up technology won’t solve ocean plastic problem
Plastic bag in the ocean. Credit: Making Oceans Plastic Free Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won’t solve the plastic pollution problem, a new study shows. Researchers compared estimates of current and future plastic waste with the ability of floating clean-up devices to collect it—and found the […]
Ocean Protocol to perform token swap on August 21
OCEAN will move to a new ERC20 contract in preparation for network rewards and staking. The Ocean Protocol Foundation (OPF) is conducting a token swap on August 21, 2020 at 2400 SGT / 1800 CET / 1200 ET. The token swap will allow for the activation of the full capabilities […]
Dr. Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean
The July/August edition of Marine Technology Reporter, the 15th Annual “MTR100”, recognizes Dr. Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean Institute’s (SOI) first executive director, as an ‘Ocean Influencer.’ Virmani defines what it means to be passionate and motivated in the field of marine science and exploration. Her humble start began in her […]
New way to study ocean life
Like spirits passing between worlds, billions of invisible beings rise to meet the starlight, then descend into darkness at sunrise. Microscopic plankton’s daily journey between the ocean’s depths and surface holds the key to understanding crucial planetary processes, but has remained largely a mystery until now. A new Stanford-developed rotating […]
Ocean plastic is on track to triple by 2040
Plastic pollution in the ocean is on track to get a lot worse: In two decades, if business continues as usual, there will be nearly three times as much plastic waste leaking into the ocean every year, according to a new analysis. By 2040, since the existing plastic in the […]
Ocean Insight Announces Dr. Michael Edwards as New President
WINTER PARK, Fla., Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ocean Insight, the applied spectral knowledge company, has named Dr. Michael Edwards as its new president. Edwards will be responsible for leading the delivery of Ocean’s mission to apply spectral knowledge, and for supporting customers across academia and industry in developing spectroscopy-based […]
Ocean Technologies Group Appoints Experienced Technology Leader as CFO
By The Maritime Executive 08-20-2020 01:44:04 Experienced technology executive Maarten Van Gool has joined Ocean Technologies Group, as Chief Financial Officer. Maarten’s diverse experience in technology businesses spans three decades with blue-chip organizations building strong fiduciary controls and successful businesses and teams. He started his career with global technology giant […]
Can Ocean Forests Help Solve The Climate Crisis?
By Emma Bryce Sixty years ago, Tasmania’s coastline was cushioned by a velvety forest of kelp so dense it would ensnare local fishers as they headed out in their boats. “We speak especially to the older generation of fishers, and they say, ‘When I was your age, this bay was […]
Integrated ocean management for a sustainable ocean economy
1. The Ocean Economy in 2030 (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2016); https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264251724-en 2. Castro-Santos, L., Rute Bento, A., Silva, D., Salvação, N. & Guedes Soares, C. Economic feasibility of floating offshore wind farms in the north of Spain. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 8, 58 (2020). Google Scholar 3. […]
Ocean Plastic Pollution Is on Track to Triple By 2040
(Bloomberg) — The annual flow of plastics into our oceans is on a trajectory to triple over the next 20 years, which could add up to 110 pounds of plastic trash for every meter of coastline worldwide, a new report finds. Load Error That path is not inevitable, however. The […]
Ocean hitchhiker’s sucker mechanism offers potential for underwater adhesion
A remora. Credit: NOAA CCMA Biogeography Team/Wikipedia A new study has revealed how remora suckerfish detach themselves from the surfaces they’ve clung to—and how the mechanism could provide inspiration for future reversible underwater adhesion devices. The research, by an international, multidisciplinary team working across robotics, comparative biology, and electrical engineering, […]
How Robotic Technology Officially Identified the World War II Submarine S-28 Gravesite
Discovered by the Lost 52 Expedition Team After almost 75 years utilizing advanced imaging technology, Ocean Explorer Tim Taylor and his Lost 52 Expedition Team officially discovered the final resting place for the 49 Sailors of the U.S. submarine S-28 (SS-133) off Oahu, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy recently validated the […]
Printing Is Still Trending
There are lots of improvements this year in every sector, and the printing industry is no different. Possibly we’ve seen the most substantial turnaround on the world market, and the wave of change is reaching companies in the industry, and they’re welcoming the ‘transformation.’ A closer look at printing companies’ […]
Tips To Get Small Business Organization Success
This guide is right for you if you are seeking to save time and get done daily. Productivity is a huge thing. Even a Google search for the phrase yields 196,000,000 outcomes (in 0.49 seconds, not!) . With coordinating your company and becoming productive begins. Agree? You are not alone. […]
Impact of Covid-19 on Payments and Fintech
Covid-19 has disrupted the economy in a real bad way. One thing is crystal clear: the economic and human impact is significant due to this virus. The way people shop has drastically changed. People have become more cautious to shop at public places. Also since many people are working from […]
Technology – BBC News
Robot fruit pickers could help solve the industry’s skilled recruitment crisis, says a Kent farm manager. Giles Cannon, who manages Roughway Farm near Tonbridge, says his farm has been “overwhelmed” with job interest in recent weeks as hundreds of people seek to work as fruit pickers. It comes several weeks […]
Technology Articles, Technological News | Popular Science
Devices, apps, robots, and everything else that makes technology essential to your modern life. Gadgets Security Staying secure in the modern world is more difficult than ever. Every day, we face threats to our identities, our personal information, our data, and even ourselves. From malware attacks to phishing schemes, we […]
definition of technology by The Free Dictionary
Technology is almost magical, and ambition for a better life is now universal. “I had made up my mind to he an engineer, and I went over to the Boston Institute of Technology.” They are, as described by one expert, “interchangeable with the technology used for pointing warheads to precise […]
The 7 Biggest Technology Trends In 2020 Everyone Must Get Ready For Now
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We are amidst the 4th Industrial Revolution, and technology is evolving faster than ever. Companies and individuals that don’t keep up with some of the major tech trends run the risk of being left behind. Understanding the key trends will allow people and businesses to prepare and grasp the opportunities. […]