Collaborate Disseminate
San Francisco-based aquatic drone-maker Saildrone has returned with a bigger and better version of its unmanned vehicle designed to explore the seas. The newly introduced 72-ft (22-m) Saildrone Surveyor is equipped with the hardware needed to map the s… Continue reading 72-ft autonomous Saildrone sets out on seafloor-mapping mission
A site called Coastal Review has a fascinating take on the events that led to Blackbeard’s untimely violent death. Blackbeard did not prey on a single ship in the waters off the Outer Banks during his surprisingly brief 23-month career as a pirate. And… Continue reading Who Was The Pirate? Curious Case of Blackbeard’s Murder
Maps are political by nature of defining boundaries. Whoever has that authority to classify territory, gains a lot of power. More interesting than just drawing the lines, however, is the graphical representation of 3D spaces in 2D. Many probably are fa… Continue reading Hao Projection: Chinese-Drawn World Map
It was 1984 when Severomorsk, Russia hit the news for a horrible tragedy. A navy weapons depot caught fire and exploded, killing hundreds. …the Central Intelligence Agency learned of the accident from travelers, then positioned satellites and electroni… Continue reading Who Caused 2018 Power Outages in Russia?
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from flyingpenguin authored by Davi Ottenheimer. Read the original post at: https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=30229
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On this day in 1812 a group of a hundred or more Luddites attempted to enter Burton’s Mill in protest. British soldiers opened fire, killing a dozen. Who were the Luddites? There’s a common misnomer in calling Luddites anti-technology, whic… Continue reading This Day in History: 1812 Luddites Destroy a Zoom Factory
We’re not sure how many of you out there own a boat large enough to get its own integrated computer network, but it doesn’t really matter. Even if you can’t use this project personally, it’s impossible not to be impressed with the work [mgrouch] has put into the “Bareboat Necessities” …read more
As the Raspberry Pi in its various forms continues to flow into the wild by the thousands, it’s interesting to see its user base expand outside beyond the hacker communities. One group of people who’ve also started taking a liking to it is sailing enthusiasts. [James Conger] is one such …read more
Continue reading Traffic Updates On The Seven Seas: Open Source Chart Plotter Using A Raspberry Pi
Sailboats have been traversing the Atlantic Ocean since before 1592, sailing through sunshine, wind, and rain. The one thing that they’ve all had in common has been a captain to pilot the ship across this vast watery expanse, at least until now. A company called Offshore Sensing has sailed an unmanned vessel all the way from Canada to Ireland.
The ship, called the Sailbuoy, attempted the journey last year as well but only made it about halfway before the mission was abandoned. This year, however, the voyage was finally completed, and this craft is officially the first unmanned ship to …read more
Continue reading Unmanned Sailboat Traverses The North Atlantic
[Leo Sampson Goolden] is a boatbuilder and Sailor. He’s a prime example of a dwindling group of shipwrights who build sailing vessels the traditional way. In 2017, he was given the opportunity to buy Tally Ho, a Yacht built back in 1910. Once a proud ship, Tally Ho now sat as a shell under a shrink-wrap tarp. Her deck was rotted, her keel cracked. Any sane person would have moved on. Thankfully [Leo] is not quite sane, and began a quest to bring this history ship back to its former glory.
Tally Ho isn’t just an old boat. She is …read more
Continue reading Save the Tally Ho: Rebuilding a Historic Yacht