tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20215185806185489462024-03-06T01:50:59.388-05:00a new life in the seaThe undersea work and world of Michael Lombardi.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416587455323802368noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021518580618548946.post-11321562002936906492015-02-27T10:46:00.000-05:002015-02-27T10:46:20.877-05:00Exploring the Titanic of the Ancient World | History | Smithsonian<a href="http://anewlifeinthesea.blogspot.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="new"><img alt="'A New Life in the Sea' by Michael Lombardi" border="0" src="http://www.oceanopportunity.com/images/lifeinthesealogos/NewLifeSquare.jpg" style="float: left; height: 125px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 125px;" /></a>Thank you <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Smithsonian (magazine)">Smithsonian Magazine</a> for highlighting our #exosuitproject at #<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.antikythira.gr/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Antikythera">Antikythera</a> last fall. History itself marks the repeat cycle of time, and it is the cycle of time, perhaps, that has kept our focus on and at #Antikythera.<br />
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Much more work to be done, and secrets will be unveiled... <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/exploring-titanic-ancient-world-180953977/?all&no-ist" target="_blank">read the article</a>.<br />
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As I made my way through airport security in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.3580555556,-71.0636111111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=42.3580555556,-71.0636111111%20(Boston)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Boston">Boston</a>, a few things hit me. First, it dawned on me that I’ve barely recovered from the lengthy travel during the recent #exosuitproject at #<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.antikythira.gr/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Antikythera">Antikythera</a> in Greece. Second was that for some reason, the travel process was smoother than ever – perhaps a function of both routine and repetitive recent experience, but also that the entire airport experience did seem to smooth itself out. Security was almost too efficient, leaving me shoeless, beltless, and somewhat a disheveled mess as I was shuffled through in what seemed to be hyperspeed.<br />
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Nevertheless, the connection through <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/JFK-Directors-Cut-Two-Disc-Special/dp/B0000CDL93%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dexploretechnog-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0000CDL93" rel="amazon" target="_blank" title="JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)">JFK</a> was equally smooth, and so I was on my way to Hong Kong via a 16 hour non-stop journey. I ate well, slept well, was relatively well entertained with a few movies, did more catch-up office work than I had in weeks, and so there I was – the international business traveler. I guess this is how they all do it, and how I now have to do it while riding in the wake of kids, a house, a fulltime job, and still trying to live the dream one day at a time.<br />
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I was invited to Hong Kong by Dr. Leo Chan of the State Key Laboratory for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_pollution" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Marine pollution">Marine Pollution</a> at the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.3364222222,114.172988889&spn=0.01,0.01&q=22.3364222222,114.172988889%20(City%20University%20of%20Hong%20Kong)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="City University of Hong Kong">City University of Hong Kong</a>. His students greeted me at the airport, and helped me get settled in for the night at the University. While jet lagged, the hospitality was warmly welcomed, and that persisted throughout my short visit...I am looking forward to developing future collaborations here in Hong Kong.<br />
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The visit was a bit of a brief information exchange, where I presented a lecture about advanced and deep scientific diving, focusing on our recent work with the Exosuit, and Dr. Chan shared his work in marine pollution, particularly as it applies to human health and sustainable seafood. I’ve always been particularly attracted to science and scientists that can well communicate how their work comes full circle to ultimately improve our quality of life. The work here at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="City University">CityU</a> does all of that, and is on the verge of a taking a new bold step in a leadership role in scientific diving, and at a national scale. The critical importance of placing the human within the environment to interpret that space and formulate new scientific inquiry is well appreciated in Hong Kong, and is emerging in China, and a direction that I’m eager to support however possible.<br />
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While a whirlwind visit, I was able to take a brief stroll through downtown Hong Kong. It’s a busy place, and struck me as analogous to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6641666667,-73.9386111111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.6641666667,-73.9386111111%20(New%20York%20City)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="New York City">New York City</a>. Lots of people, lots of lights, and lots of action. We walked through ‘occupy Hong Kong’, the local movement that <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="United States">the US</a> nightly news has portrayed as a hot zone for violence in recent months. In my opinion, while yes, the people participating in the movement have taken a strong stand, it is not unlike protests back in the US and elsewhere - the violence is certainly not sought after. Things can and have escalated, but again, not unlike similar demonstrations back at home.<br />
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Hong Kong also struck me as a very ‘vertical’ city. They build up, and in a big way. Interestingly, the population center of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.2783333333,114.158888889&spn=0.01,0.01&q=22.2783333333,114.158888889%20(Hong%20Kong)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Hong Kong">Honk Kong</a> only accounts for 30% of the city’s land area. The balance 70% is protected habitat. That is truly amazing, and speaks to the commitment to the environment and appreciation for the value of its natural resources.<br />
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Also somewhat striking is the apparent ambition of the people at the University. Those few I interacted with are hungry to succeed, and it seems to me that the government puts resources in place to foster that success. That is a very encouraging model to see, and stark contract to other places I’ve visited.<br />
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Next stop Xiamen for a few days, then the return journey home, only for a quick turn around for some field time in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.0,-75.0&spn=3.0,3.0&q=43.0,-75.0%20(New%20York)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="New York">New York</a>. What a run…<br />
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<i>The author would like to acknowledge the City University of Hong Kong and the J.F. White Contracting Company for making this visit possible; and the generosity of Dr. Leo Chan throughout the visit.</i><br />
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Despite all the flag waving and publicity that the project managed to muster, particularly with the excitement of the Exosuit making its debut work performance for science, for me the most important element of the project was appreciating the depth of national pride that this effort brought to the country of Greece and its people.<br>
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The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9336111111,23.6252777778&spn=0.01,0.01&q=37.9336111111,23.6252777778%20(Hellenic%20Navy)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Hellenic Navy">Greek Navy</a>, who we worked very closely with aboard the vessel '<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetis" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Thetis">Thetis</a>' to stage the Exosuit operation, met us with a warm welcome, and were so very proud to be engaged in this technical demonstration. As I later learned, there is a bit of a rivalry with their neighboring <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Navy" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Turkish Navy">Turkish Navy</a>, who operates a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_diving_suit" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Atmospheric diving suit">Hardsuit</a> program for deep water tasks. Being able to supervise Fotis Lazarou's (Greek Navy Diver) Exosuit dive, which was the deepest made at the Antikythera site, was in my opinion one of the proudest moments of the project. This was also a challenge - I trained Lazarou on the suit at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.5245166667,-70.6709722222&spn=0.01,0.01&q=41.5245166667,-70.6709722222%20(Woods%20Hole%20Oceanographic%20Institution)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</a> in the spring, and evident at that time was the challenge of working through language barriers with technical information. The enthusiasm of the Greek team pushed it all through however, and we both worked together to communicate through these barriers and make it all happen. In the end, the common language of the life aquatic - depth, time, pressure - became readily understood out of shear necessity.<br>
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A few project press links:<br>
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<li>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2786434/Search-ancient-underwater-computer-begins-Archaeologists-wear-Exosuit-rummage-2-200-year-old-shipwreck.html</li>
<li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exosuit-gets-wet-quest-buried-shipwreck-treasure-143236979.html">http://news.yahoo.com/exosuit-gets-wet-quest-buried-shipwreck-treasure-143236979.html</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/expeditions/2014/10/08/return-to-the-antikythera-shipwreck-the-first-mission-for-exosuit/">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/expeditions/2014/10/08/return-to-the-antikythera-shipwreck-the-first-mission-for-exosuit/</a></li>
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What's next? Well, several exciting finds were made at the research site including an array of Bronze age artifacts which substantiate further excavation as it is clearly evident that high value antiquities remain concealed at the site. What remains a challenge is realizing the massive amount of time at depth to carry out a careful excavation across the full scale of the wreck site - which is now believed to be significantly larger than previously documented.<br>
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While weather severely limited the extent of Exosuit operations this year, I think the entire team is convinced that this remains the safest means to be productive over lengthy blocks of time at the study site. Future work with the Exosuit at Antikythera is certainly on the horizon, and will remain a topic for discussion over the coming months.<br>
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<i>The '<a href="http://antikythera.whoi.edu/" target="_blank">Return to Antikythera</a>' project was jointly organized by the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Tourism_%28Greece%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Greece)">Hellenic Ministry of Culture</a> and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The author acknowledges the J.F. White Contracting Company for their forward looking investment into making the Exosuit ADS available for scientific programs, and for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.hublot.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Hublot">Hublot</a>, the Swiss watchmaker, for sponsoring the Exosuit operation at Antikythera.</i><br>
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<a href="http://anewlifeinthesea.blogspot.com/" target="new"><img alt="'A New Life in the Sea' by Michael Lombardi" border="0" src="http://www.oceanopportunity.com/images/lifeinthesealogos/NewLifeSquare.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 125px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 125px;" /></a>Nice recent article about the forthcoming #exosuitproject mission to #Antikythera. Will be en route in just a few days.<br />
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<a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/antikythera-mechanism-expedition-begins-search-for-missing-fragments-of-worlds-oldest-known-computer/story-fnjwl1aw-1227058458776">Antikythera mechanism expedition begins search for missing fragments of world’s oldest known computer</a>.<br />
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Over the past several months, I have had the fortunate pleasure of working with the team members of this 2014 Antikythera Expedition including the Chief Scientist, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Foley" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Brendan Foley">Brendan Foley</a>, his colleagues from the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Tourism_%28Greece%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Greece)">Hellenic Ministry of Culture</a>, and representatives of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9336111111,23.6252777778&spn=0.01,0.01&q=37.9336111111,23.6252777778%20(Hellenic%20Navy)&t=h" rel="" target="_blank" title="Hellenic Navy">Greek Navy</a>, training them on use of the Exosuit ADS for this year's archaeological mission.<br />
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<strong>The Mission</strong><br />
The mission for this fall - dive, dive, dive, and accumulate as many up close and personal hours on the wreck site as humanly possible. At depths of 60 to 100 meters, the site is indeed within more conventional reach, however productive bottom time for the working scientists has remained a bottleneck. The Exosuit will likely solve that problem, and afford unparalleled interpretation of the site by the team's archaeologists to guide further detailed survey and excavation. It is anticipated that one week of Exosuit operations will provide for more bottom time at this site than has ever been conducted. That alone opens up the promise for new discoveries - perhaps even a new Antikythera Mechanism.<br />
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<strong>In Context</strong><br />
The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Antikythera mechanism">Antikythera mechanism</a> itself has been a focal point of study, and even an obsession, by scholars for more than a century, as it stands alone separated by over a thousand years of lost art before comparable innovations are reintroduced to modern civilization. Where did it come from? <br />
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As our new friends at the Greek Navy have indicated, diving is a central element to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Greece" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Culture of Greece">Greek culture</a>, and putting the Exosuit to work for the first time in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9666666667,23.7166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=37.9666666667,23.7166666667%20(Greece)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Greece">Greece</a> while expanding upon a lineage of archaeological work that so deeply impacts their cultural heritage, this project will likely resonate for decades. I am actually more excited about the social and cultural exchange on this expedition than the diving - and that's a bold statement coming from yours truly.<br />
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<strong>More Information</strong><br />
More information can be found on the 2014 Return to Antikythera Expedition, and the history of Antikythera itself here:<br />
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<li><em><a href="http://antikythera.whoi.edu/">http://antikythera.whoi.edu/</a></em></li>
<li><em><a href="http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/">http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/</a></em></li>
<li><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism</a></em></li>
<li><em><a href="http://www.hublot.com/en/watches/mp-08-antikythera-sunmoon">http://www.hublot.com/en/watches/mp-08-antikythera-sunmoon</a></em></li>
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<i>The author acknowledges the J.F. White Contracting Company for reaching out to the science community to afford new opportunities for discovery with the Exosuit, and Hublot for their sponsorship of the Exosuit operation. More about the the Return to Antikythera Project can be found here: <a href="http://antikythera.whoi.edu/" target="_blank">http://antikythera.whoi.edu/. </a></i></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more from the author, visit www.oceanopportunity.com.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416587455323802368noreply@blogger.comAntikithira, Greece35.864792192115857 23.307495117187535.76183269211586 23.1461336171875 35.967751692115854 23.4688566171875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021518580618548946.post-91229530122833696632014-08-19T14:24:00.000-04:002014-09-04T11:24:14.027-04:00Antikythera | Diving through Time<a href="http://anewlifeinthesea.blogspot.com/" target="new"><img alt="'A New Life in the Sea' by Michael Lombardi" border="0" src="http://www.oceanopportunity.com/images/lifeinthesealogos/NewLifeSquare.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 125px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 125px;" /></a>The last several months, and particularly the past couple of weeks have been nothing short of mind numbing...in hindsight, in my opinion anyway, bringing the Exosuit full online and science-mission ready has been nothing short of a monumental task in a relatively short timeframe. While one mission has been triaged for a short time, mission #2 is fast approaching: the Return to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.antikythira.gr/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Antikythera">Antikythera</a>.<br />
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Among the fortunate few who have had the opportunity to work with the suit at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.5245166667,-70.6709722222&spn=0.01,0.01&q=41.5245166667,-70.6709722222%20(Woods%20Hole%20Oceanographic%20Institution)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</a> this spring and summer were the team members of this 2014 Antikythera Expedition. I had the fortunate opportunity to train the Chief Scientist, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Foley" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Brendan Foley">Brendan Foley</a>, his colleagues from the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Tourism_%28Greece%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Greece)">Hellenic Ministry of Culture</a>, and representatives of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9336111111,23.6252777778&spn=0.01,0.01&q=37.9336111111,23.6252777778%20(Hellenic%20Navy)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Hellenic Navy">Greek Navy</a>, in prep for this fall's project.<br />
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The mission for this fall - dive, dive, dive, and accumulate as many up close and personal hours on the wreck site as humanly possible. At depths of 60 to 100 meters, the site is indeed within more conventional reach, however productive bottom time for the working scientists has remained a bottleneck. The Exosuit will likely solve that problem, and afford unparalleled interpretation of the site by the team's archaeologists to guide further detailed survey and excavation. It is anticipated that one week of Exosuit operations will provide for more bottom time at this site than has ever been conducted. That alone opens up the promise for new discoveries - perhaps even a new Antikythera Mechanism.<br />
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While at Woods Hole, we also discussed the potential need to carefully collect artifacts. This was a challenge in advance preparations, as we just aren't sure what type of artifacts or antiquities may need to be collected - big, small, buried, tough, or fragile - this remains a question mark. Given these varied anticipated items, on one 2.5 hour proficiency dive, I focused my effort on working 'belly down' and within a very small area, simply crab walking using my arms and manipulators, and doing some selective sampling of various rocks and other items on the bottom. I was very pleased with the results in that staying belly down, with my face very close to the work, and being able to selectively sample with some degree of grace was just one reassuring demonstration that ADS may offer the versatility needed for the job - again 'the Human Element' at work and far superseding the capabilities of submersibles and other robotics.<br />
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The Antikythera mechanism itself has been a focal point of study, and even an obsession, by scholars for more than a century, as it stands alone separated by over a thousand years of lost art before comparable innovations are reintroduced to modern civilization. Where did it come from?<br />
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As our new friends at the Greek Navy have indicated, diving is a central element to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Greece" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Culture of Greece">Greek culture</a>, and putting the Exosuit to work for the first time in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9666666667,23.7166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=37.9666666667,23.7166666667%20(Greece)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Greece">Greece</a> while expanding upon a lineage of archaeological work that so deeply impacts their cultural heritage, this project will likely resonate for decades. I am actually more excited about the social and cultural exchange on this expedition than the diving - and that's a bold statement coming from yours truly.<br />
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With the equipment loaded up and now en route across the Atlantic, we're winding down mission planning to ensure a safe and productive few weeks on site. While I usually spend time with the biology crowd, I must say that I am looking forward to dipping my toe into underwater archaeology.<br />
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In the coming weeks, I'll be sharing various dispatches from this epic journey to Antikythera, as we dive through time to reveal something about our past, our present, and quite likely our future.<br />
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<i>The author acknowledges the J.F. White Contracting Company for reaching out to the science community to afford new opportunities for discovery with the Exosuit, and Hublot for their sponsorship of the Exosuit operation. More about the the Return to Antikythera Project can be found here: <a href="http://antikythera.whoi.edu/" target="_blank">http://antikythera.whoi.edu/. </a></i><br />
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Donate today to enable exploration and to keep related content coming!<br /><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" /><input name="hosted_button_id" type="hidden" value="BU4XHUKR58KH2" /><input alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" border="0" name="submit" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" type="image" /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /></form><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more from the author, visit www.oceanopportunity.com.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416587455323802368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021518580618548946.post-73552616642249166862014-06-08T14:49:00.000-04:002014-07-18T11:30:46.328-04:00Preparing to Find Deep-Sea Creatures that Glow - Marine Issues -<a href="http://www.ecori.org/massachusetts-marine/2014/5/30/preparing-to-find-deep-sea-creatures-that-glow.html">Preparing to Find Deep-Sea Creatures that Glow - Marine Issues -</a><br /><br />Follow this project at www.exosuitproject.com.<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more from the author, visit www.oceanopportunity.com.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416587455323802368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021518580618548946.post-43462096174020460422014-06-05T21:16:00.000-04:002014-07-18T11:30:46.341-04:00Gadget in extremis: Wearable submarine hunts world's oldest computer | Gadget in-extremis | Gadget Master<a href="http://www.electronicsweekly.com/gadget-master/gadget-in-extremis/gadget-extremis-wearable-submarine-hunts-worlds-oldest-computer-2014-06/">Gadget in extremis: Wearable submarine hunts world's oldest computer | Gadget in-extremis | Gadget Master</a><br /><br />Follow this project at www.exosuitproject.com.<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more from the author, visit www.oceanopportunity.com.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416587455323802368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021518580618548946.post-13350687327085085692014-06-05T21:15:00.000-04:002014-07-18T11:30:46.360-04:00How to Find the World's Oldest Computer (Using an Iron Man Suit) - Megan Garber - The Atlantic<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/how-to-find-an-ancient-computer-using-an-iron-man-style-suit/372192/">How to Find the World's Oldest Computer (Using an Iron Man Suit) - Megan Garber - The Atlantic</a><br /><br />Follow this project at www.exosuitproject.com.<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more from the author, visit www.oceanopportunity.com.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416587455323802368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021518580618548946.post-47219382899706045822014-06-05T21:14:00.000-04:002014-07-18T11:30:46.374-04:00Underwater Iron Man Suit To Help in Search for World's Oldest Computer<a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/underwater-iron-man-suit-help-search-worlds-oldest-computer-1451415">Underwater Iron Man Suit To Help in Search for World's Oldest Computer</a><br /><br />Follow this project at www.exosuitproject.com.<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more from the author, visit www.oceanopportunity.com.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416587455323802368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021518580618548946.post-10922660845037067352014-06-05T21:10:00.000-04:002014-07-18T11:30:46.393-04:00Researchers to use exosuit to explore ancient Antikythera wreck<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-06-exosuit-explore-ancient-antikythera.html">Researchers to use exosuit to explore ancient Antikythera wreck</a><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more from the author, visit www.oceanopportunity.com.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416587455323802368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021518580618548946.post-4147117662674497372014-06-03T21:28:00.001-04:002014-07-23T12:43:50.098-04:00exploration and social responsibility<a href="http://anewlifeinthesea.blogspot.com/" target="new"><img alt="'A New Life in the Sea' by Michael Lombardi" border="0" src="http://www.oceanopportunity.com/images/lifeinthesealogos/NewLifeSquare.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 125px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 125px;" /></a>
This evening, I had one of those moments when it all hit me. I took my 2 1/2 year old daughter outside for one last spin before bedtime in hopes of helping to wind her down. As these nights tend to go, the fresh air ends up more of a pick me up than anything, but its worth seeing her perk up with enthusiasm for the outdoors and the questions that follow are priceless.<br />
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She knows 'the moon' well, and was eager to point it out to me tonight. When I asked if she wanted to visit the moon someday, she looked at me with incredibly confusion strewn on her face and said 'what?'. I asked again, and explained that a people have actually been to the moon. <br />
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She was awestruck.<br />
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I went on to ask her how someone might get to the moon, and she replied with 'airplane'. Pretty good for a 2 year old. I explained that that was excellent, but it's actually a spaceship and was much cooler than an airplane. She went on to explain that it was too far away to visit, but then I offered to go with her, which seemed to sway her interests. The sparkle in her eye was the gateway into her little neurons working on hyper-drive.<br />
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My point is this - while we strive our hardest to do quality science and advance technology, at the end of the day, perhaps the most significant of contributions that can be made by the exploration community is encouraging creative thinking and inspiring social change.<br />
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I see the world very differently from many of my neighbors and even colleagues, and it took a very long time of combating self-doubt to realize that different isn't a bad thing. Substantiating my novel perspective on the life aquatic and more broadly our role here on the Blue Planet came with time and time alone, constantly and consistently challenging myself and marching down the path of constant inquisition to find my way. That path lies within each and every one of us, and is something that we indeed need to nurture from a very young age - before being swallowed by normalcy.<br />
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Change only comes from shooting for the moon. The one guarantee along the ride is failure, but the act of rising through those failures is the absolute definition of success.<br />
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Our biggest responsibility as explorers of frontiers yet known is to engage, inspire, and evoke thought. In the end, the science can dead-end; the technology becomes out dated; but the stories that promulgate for generations keep us ever-evolving and moving forward.<br />
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Those that explore hold the largest social responsibility for our species.<br />
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Training and proficiency are almost certainly the two most important things to undertake in preparing for underwater activities. When not diving routinely, the effort to maintain any level of proficiency can be daunting; nevertheless it is a necessary investment to make anticipated work highly efficient and effective.<br />
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Proficiency itself comes only with time in the water. At this very interesting and exciting crossroads in the future of diving, it actually very difficult to determine just how much time it takes to become proficient with something, and further what training is even required to provide a baseline understanding of what we are striving to do. Like anything new, it takes time for evolution to run its course, but seeing that in motion is incredibly rewarding.<br />
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That said, it also brings a fair bit of stress, as incremental advancements are at the fingertips of individuals, not a long lineage of well established standards and procedures that are the product of numerous people, perhaps spanning decades of contributions to any given field.<br />
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This week marked one of those special moments as the first Exosuit ADS training program for science was held at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.5245166667,-70.6709722222&spn=0.01,0.01&q=41.5245166667,-70.6709722222 (Woods%20Hole%20Oceanographic%20Institution)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</a> in prep for work this fall in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9666666667,23.7166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=37.9666666667,23.7166666667 (Greece)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Greece">Greece</a> at the famed and critically important <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.antikythira.gr/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Antikythera">Antikythera</a> archaeological site. The work will allow the team to survey and potentially excavate artifacts at a deep contour of interest that has been otherwise out of reach by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_diving" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Technical diving">technical diving</a>.<br />
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The week marked the convergence of two worlds - both the commercial and scientific sector - again working cooperatively and collectively just as they should be to achieve common goals and interests and carry us all forward. The effort could very well have mixed like oil and water, though the cooperation and camaraderie has been exceptional, and I can foresee tremendous success this fall and in the future.<br />
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As I sign off tonight, I'm doing so with just a few more just a few more gray hairs given the stress of the anticipation in bringing these two fronts together, but at the same time am relieved with a renewed confidence that we are going in a direction worth taking, and are indeed taking small steps that will better the lives of us all.<br />
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<em>The first series of Exosuit ADS training dives have been generously supported by the J.F. White Contracting Company, and are being hosted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.</em><br />
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