£5 million deal for UK underwater robots to boost global marine research

A European research and technology organisation has chosen UK underwater robotics to boost its marine research capabilities. The Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology, and Innovation (ARDITI), based on Madeira, will acquire two autonomous underwater vehicles (ALRs) from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton…

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This concept yacht can collect marine debris and has a surprising power source.

A French ocean adventurer and his team have designed a yacht which he says can scoop up plastic garbage to stop it blighting the world’s oceans, and converts the same waste into fuel to help power the boat.

Yvan Bourgnon has spent his career racing sailing vessels around the globe as a competitive yachtsmen. Over the years, he said, his encounters with floating carpets of trash became more and more frequent…

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