Category: Technology

Technological reports – mostly about the technology deployed on Sterling Adventures.

Field Robotics is Hard!

Saturday, 3rd October 2009

Miles lines up the grapnel to try to catch the sub.

A day of frustration as things don't go to plan...

Meet Hybis

Friday, 2nd October 2009

Hybis, a remotely operated vehicle with a scoop for collecting samples.

Hybis, another of the vehicles on-board, was scheduled to dive today as we've finally reached our deep bit of ocean. Unfortunately, things haven't quite gone to plan, yet...

What we’re doing in the middle of the Atlantic

Thursday, 1st October 2009

The cruise plan. We've already changed almost everything about it!

All the boring technical stuff about Autosub and how I get to be on a research ship in the middle of the Atlantic...

Sending Autosub for a swim

Tuesday, 29th September 2009

Autosub just after launch. The writing reads 'Harmless Scientific Instrument' in case you were wondering.

Day two of the cruise saw us launch Autosub, meet some dolphins, and have a small adventure retrieving the sub.

First Day on RSS Discovery

Monday, 28th September 2009

RSS Discovery: My home for the next three weeks

Three weeks on a research ship certainly feels like an adventure to me...even if today was pretty uneventful.

Everything is at risk!

Friday, 4th September 2009

Yesterday we had an impossibly pedantic meeting at work where a "security expert" explained what testing needed to be completed to gain a given level of accreditation...

The copper project; Part 8 – epilogue

Saturday, 6th June 2009

The final post

Simple WordPress Twitter Plugin

Friday, 1st May 2009

This plug-in provides a very simple, transparent, and automatic way to have your blog tweet new posts to your Twitter account, letting all your followers know you’ve just posted something new, or updated something, on your blog.

Project in copper – Part 6

Monday, 6th April 2009

The stream is almost complete ...

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