Seatrec and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) today announced the first-ever collection of acoustic data in real-time by underwater drones, also known as autonomous profiling floats, completely powered by the energy harvested from the temperature differences in the ocean. The data capture was made off the coast of Kona, Hawaii, by the Persistent Smart Acoustic Profiler (PSAP) Voyager. Seatrec designed and built the first PSAP Voyager with the unprecedented ability to create its own e...Read the full story at https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=333262
Seatrec is a California-based energy harvesting company that designs and manufactures products such as hydrophones and echo sounders for the renewable energy sector.