Wilhelmsen, NorSea Acquire Stake in Norwegian Deep-sea Mining Firm
Stangeland, group CEO of NorSea.Marine minerals have been identified by the World Bank, World Economic Forum, and International Energy Agency as one of the potential solutions to meet the increasing demand for the metals currently used in electric vehicle batteries, clean energy technologies, and consumer electronics.Found in rock concentrations on the seabed and metallic layers that form on the sides of seamounts, Norway is utilizing its oil and gas industry expertise, and experiences to lead the way when it comes to outlining the potential of seabed minerals, for value creation and domestic employment
TechnipFMC Joins Seabed Mineral Extraction Arena
for the extraction of seabed minerals in Norway.The World Bank, World Economic Forum, and International Energy Agency have recognized marine minerals as one of the potential answers for meeting the growing demand for metals used in electric vehicle batteries, clean energy technology, and consumer electronics.Loke Marine Minerals was established in 2019 by experienced offshore energy professionals with the aim to become a leading provider of minerals for the green energy transition. The company has leveraged its E&P and subsea technology experience to develop designs of production equipment
Good Undersea Vehicles Come in Small Packages
, yet highly effective, undersea vehicles. The past decade has seen new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) produced that are easily carried and deployed by one person. Capitalizing on developments in circuitry, sensors, and batteries inspired by the consumer electronics sector, these small vehicles punch above their weight class in practical applications.There are many examples of both ROV and AUV one could consider, but a selection of four are worth reviewing as exemplars of the category. They also offer contrasting perspectives on some key technical and
Unmanned Vehicles: 25 Years of Milestones
architecture features open hardware and software interfaces to provide users a reliable and robust platform to advance technology development. This same approach has also allowed the company to rapidly adapt and launch new standard products within 14 months. While this is not quite the pace of consumer electronics, it is very rapid product development. The AUV community is moving quickly into the next 25 years.ASVs ThenAs with AUVs, MIT was a source of early autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) development. There were significant parallels with AUV work. Early prototypes in the 1990s did not use GPS, lacked
Atlantic Canada Profiles: Kraken
;s goal is to bring innovative and disruptive technologies to the maritime sector, while reducing costs and increasing capability. Kraken believes that by using the latest technologies available, and not being tied to legacy architectures, it can advance marine technology at a pace equivalent to consumer electronics sectors, while keeping it affordable. Kraken’s flagship sonar the MINSAS (Miniature Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar) is a high resolution (3x3 cm) SAS with simultaneous bathymetry and up to 600m swath widths. Features unique to Kraken’s sonar systems are the modular
Uncontended Voice and Data Through TDMA Networks
now connected to electronic devices in ways that they probably wouldn’t have imagined 15 years ago. Experts are predicting that there will be more than 24 billion IoT devices installed and $6 trillion invested in IoT solutions by 2020. At this rate of growth, the IoT ecosystem extends beyond consumer electronics to other industries like healthcare, logistics, agriculture and oil and gas, to name a few. For most of these applications, especially those located in remote areas, the IoT has only been made possible through satellite-based communication. For example, companies such as Harris
BlackBerry Woos Shipping with Cloud Management
, is actually already embedded in 50 million vehicles from over 40 automakers, including Ford Motors. BlackBerry has been looking for new ways to grow after losing its dominance of the smartphone market. It unveiled the foundation of its Internet of Things platform on Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, marking the first step towards building a service BlackBerry believes will be a gateway to growth for its business
World Magnetic Model Updated
field to help determine the direction you are facing. All of these examples need the WMM to provide your proper orientation." The WMM is the standard navigation model for the U.S. Department of Defense, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, International Hydrographic Organization and consumer electronics. For the last 10 years, NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) in Boulder, Colorado, working with the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh, Scotland, has co-developed the WMM on behalf of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the United Kingdom’s Defence
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