Hackaday Links: May 28, 2023
The Great Automotive AM Radio War of 2023 rages on, with the news this week that Ford has capitulated, at least for now. You’ll recall that the opening salvo came …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 28, 2023
Category Archives: shipwreck
A Big Ship Chop Shop On The Georgia Coast
Last week we saw a hapless container ship vaulted to fame, where people converged on its combination of mind-boggling size suffering an easily relatable problem of getting stuck. Now that …read more Continue reading A Big Ship Chop Shop On The Georgia Coast
Watch the Discovery of a Long-Lost WWII Cruiser, the USS Helena
The ship was torpedoed and sunk in July 1943. Continue reading Watch the Discovery of a Long-Lost WWII Cruiser, the USS Helena
Highlights From Robotic Shipwreck Exploration
OpenROV shared the results of their June 2016 underwater expedition to locate and robotically explore the wreck of the S.S. Tahoe, currently sitting at a depth of 150m in Lake Tahoe. Back in 1940 the ship was intentionally scuttled in shallow water, but unexpectedly slid to a much deeper depth. OpenROV used a modified version of their new Trident design to dive all the way down to the wreck and take a good look at things, streaming it over the internet in the process.
We previously covered the DIY research vessel that was designed and created as a floating base …read more
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