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WHOI Postdoctoral Investigator Carolin Nieder holds a 3D-printed shark jaw made by staff in DunkWorks Lab within the George & Wendy David Center for Ocean Innovation. Credit: Daniel Hentz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WHOI: New Discovery Reveals Sharks May Detect and Produce Sound

sounds serve, is not yet understood. Tests of this animal’s hearing range reveal that the clicks produced by rig sharks exceed their low-frequency sensitive hearing range. This raises doubts about whether these sounds play a role in communication between individuals. However, because the initial impulse contains lower frequencies, it's possible that rigs may still be able to hear at least part of them.Nieder’s team is analyzing contextual clues to understand the clicks' purpose. While rigs that were handled produced clicks, and produced significantly more during the first 10 seconds

Omicron optical fiber connectors used to assist a deep ocean-rated camera system to capture ground breaking underwater content for BBC Studios. 
Image courtesy Teledyne Impulse-PDM

Connectors Facilitate Camera System for BBC Underwater TV Series

Teledyne Impulse-PDM supplied its Omicron optical fiber connectors to BBC Studios for use in its upcoming underwater natural history series, set to air in 2026. Filming required custom-built camera technology designed to capture extraordinary marine footage from the depths of the Arctic, facilitated by the Rev Ocean’s Aurora ROV.To capture groundbreaking underwater content BBC Studios and Marine Imagine Technologies designed a deep ocean-rated camera system integrated with a telemetry bottle, the central hub for communications on the submersible. However, during the Arctic expedition

L- R: Tony Laing of NSRI, David Rennie of Scottish Enterprise and Neil Gordon of Subsea UK. (Photo: Subsea UK)

Japan, Scotland Invest in Subsea Technology

, platforms etcSustainable Marine Energy with IHI (£1 million)Developing a template anchoring system and robotic installation tooling for deep water floating offshore wind market in Japan. IHI are also developing a turbine system for use in ocean current renewable power.ECOG / SME / Precision Impulse / Texo / Tritech / Sensor Works and Yokogawa (£8.3 million)Developing an offshore and subsea Internet Of Things infrastructure with autonomous vehicles, sensors, communications and power systems for offshore and subsea infrastructure including renewables, hydrocarbons and aquaculture.Bridon

Image: Grupo Lindley / Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo

Case Study: Floating top marks for piles in flooding rivers

of the river. Generally, the narrow and shallow sections occur close to dams on the downstream side and deeper water close to dams on the upstream side.The development hinges around the concept of a floating top mark that acts as a buoy when moored to the top of the pile. When water level rises the impulse of the top mark-buoy will release the unit from the pile at which point it will float away down river until the mooring line is taught.  The unit will then act as a buoy remaining vertical and upright when afloat in low current speeds, although it is improbable the unit will remain vertical

Mike Read (Photo: Teledyne Marine)

5 Minutes with Mike Read, President, Teledyne Marine

boundary penetrators, cable assemblies, cable terminations, and custom-engineered encapsulation and molding. They are available as stand-alone items, or as complex higher-order solutions that integrate cross-platform technologies into advanced, value-added systems. Interconnect brands include: DGO, Impulse, Impulse PDM, ODI, Cable Solutions, and new tech for 2018 includes:Teledyne ODI developed the new FlameGuard P5-200 as a key enabling technology for a 5 kV - 200 A, three-phase dry mate electrical feedthrough system.Teledyne Cable Solutions developed a range of National Electric Code (NEC) and Canadian

Gemini 720im (Photo: Tritech)

Tritech Unveils New Multibeam Imaging Sonar

based on user specified speed of sound   Interface Supply voltage: 12 to 48V DC Power requirement: 4.5W – 17W (7.5W average) Main port protocol: Ethernet (100Base-T) and/or Serial (RS232 or RS485) Auxiliary port protocol: Serial (RS232 or RS485) Connector type: Main - Seacon HUML-12, Impulse MKS(3) & Tritech Micron; Aux - Tritech Micron   Physical specification Depth rating: 300m Weight in air: 0.435kg Weight in water: 0.244kg Temperature rating: -10 to +35°C (operating), -20 to +50°C (storage

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EIVA Cable Telemetry Kit Available as an OEM Product

Topside (2U rack unit) with 300 W power supply, and Modem for Ethernet over power cable (4-5 Mbit/s via a single wire 4,000 m coax, with higher bandwidths – up to 7 Mbit/s – possible via shorter cables) 600 m-rated pressure bottle with subsea electronics with nine Teledyne Impulse interface connectors, with a mixture of Ethernet and serial ports; Modem for Ethernet over power cable; eight-port multiplexer, Ethernet to RS2323 or RS485; two DC output power modules each at 130 W (one is preconfigured to 24 V, the other is customizable, allowing for 12-48 V)  

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Teledyne to Showcase New Tech at OI North America

a look at its latest products and technologies.   Local faculty tours As San Diego is home to several Teledyne Marine brands, the group is offering an opportunity to arrive a day early and spend an afternoon touring four local Teledyne Marine facilities: Teledyne RD Instruments, Oceanscience, Impulse and SeaBotix – capped off with a trip to the Ballast Brewery.    Pre-registration is required. Full details and online registration.   On-water Demonstrations Teledyne Marine’s Bottom Line, docked just outside the San Diego Convention Center, will provide a first-hand

OINA 2017 to Feature New ‘BlueTech’

rapidCAST underway profiling system, four new multibeam sonar systems from Teledyne Reson, a new line of acoustic releases by Teledyne Benthos and new underwater cameras from Teledyne Bowtech, new ADCP and DVL technology from RD Instruments and the latest technologies from Teledyne Gravia and Teledyne Impulse-PDM. Within AUVs and ROVs, California start-up Blue Robotics (booth #E37), will showcase its new high performance and affordable underwater drone, the BlueROV2. Leveraging a vectored thruster configuration that is usually only seen in high-end vehicles, the BlueROV2 is smooth and stable yet highly

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