spaceref.com— NASA, U.S. Navy and university researchers have successfully demonstrated the first robotic underwater vehicle to be powered entirely by natural, renewable, ocean thermal energy.
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First thing I thought upon reading this was: it's been doneAfter I read TFA I said: well not quite...Thing is the waxy material is also used on some gliders (an underwater autonomous vehicle that monitor temperature, water currents, among other things) to control the UAV's buoyancy. One of these successfully crossed the Atlantic from USA to Spain not long ago. (lookup Rutgers Univ. oceanography lab if you're interested)So me thinking of this waxy material initially wasn't so far off.
trioxylonApr 6, 2010
Yup, NASA: Nautical, Aquatic, and Sea Administration
tsk05Apr 7, 2010
Well, since Obama canceled their space flight privileges except for spy satellites, might as well have the name stand for something..
unhgApr 7, 2010
我們不想要買你的垃圾。(We do not want to buy your trash. Translated by Google.)
czernelApr 7, 2010
I wish NASA were demonstrating MARS DIRECT<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4KIB4GqEA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4KIB4GqEA</a>
georgetirebiterApr 7, 2010
Dirk Pitt (and NUMA) was using those decades ago.
osorocoApr 7, 2010
First thing I thought upon reading this was: it's been doneAfter I read TFA I said: well not quite...Thing is the waxy material is also used on some gliders (an underwater autonomous vehicle that monitor temperature, water currents, among other things) to control the UAV's buoyancy. One of these successfully crossed the Atlantic from USA to Spain not long ago. (lookup Rutgers Univ. oceanography lab if you're interested)So me thinking of this waxy material initially wasn't so far off.