Read more about the article MBARI NEWS RELEASE: New $53 million grant to create a world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health
Ocean-going monitoring floats like this one are deployed from “ships of opportunity” as they transit the ocean. Image courtesy of SOCCOM (NSF Award PLR-1425989)

MBARI NEWS RELEASE: New $53 million grant to create a world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health

MOSS LANDING, CA - On October 29, 2020 the National Science Foundation (NSF) approved a $53 million grant to a consortium of the country’s top ocean-research institutions to build a global…

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Profiles of Monterey Bay Entrepreneurs: Jake Reisdorf of the Carmel Honey Company

Carmel, CA (September 17, 2020) -- I was excited to interview Jake Reisdorf, the founder of Carmel Honey Company (CHC) to see how his passion for honey bees had progressed.…

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Robots Welcome to Take Over, as Pandemic Accelerates Automation

The recycling industry was already struggling before the pandemic. Now, an increasing number of cities are suspending recycling services, partly out of fear that workers might contract the coronavirus from one another while sorting through used water bottles, food containers and boxes. One solution: Let robots do the job.

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