Yellow Submarine:Unmanned sub studies ocean


	Yellow Submarine:Unmanned sub studies ocean

pokkets

7-12-2008 5:13 AM

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It can be steered by a rudder or by shifting it's batteries.

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7-12-2008 6:59 PM

merrie

Ingenious design, thanks for interesting clip, pokkets

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Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG width="180" height="95" border="0" align="left" title="Yellow submarine: Unmanned sub studies ocean" alt="Yellow submarine: Unmanned sub studies ocean" src="http://mi.vimg.net/darwin/cmsdb/images/APNews/Top-Headlines/20080712/sci-undersea-glider-f67ff33d-0450-4e60-94ba-f21bcbe223b4_180x210.jpg" class="thumbnail3" /></A> <DIV class="KonaBody"> <P>Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves.</P><P>The unmanned sub is nearing the halfway mark in its effort to travel from New Jersey to Spain, collecting scientific data along the way.</P><P>It isn't a first trip for the device, but it will be the longest, a proving effort to show that an undersea glider can take its place in a global ocean observing system</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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