John Delaney: Wiring an interactive ocean

http://www.ted.com Oceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def cameras and sensors that will turn our ocean into a global interactive lab -- sparking an explosion of rich data about the world below.

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[cheroxx]

Why is it that half of all important pictures in TEDTalks are scrambled? I can see the whole vid, but not all pics???

[humacyrnus]

YAY for youtube compression ruining some of the images.

[TheDistilledMan]

@HigherPlanes No, we caused that, by demanding oil and all it's distilled products. Humanity is seeking oil from increasingly risky sites just to meet demand. Blaming one company is way, way too simplistic a perspective.

[roidroid]

this guy's manner of talking is quite similar to Captain Vegetable.

watch?v=KmjLqddPqZQ

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

This very much reminds me of the ideas behind Real Drive by Shirow Masamune.

[HamOnCan]

@THISNAMEOWNS me on a TedTalk? Ha ha, the world will never be the same. . not, that its ever been that. They'd better hurry cause this officially illiterate grannie, won't be long for life. . educate kids by drawing their brilliance out of them the way a mother brings out a baby's smile? in tween time, playfully yours, pARTicularly with ENGlish

[THISNAMEOWNS]

@HamOnCan decent bullshitting skills. fix the grammar and one day you just might be giving a talk on ted :D

[THISNAMEOWNS]

"widely accessible, interactive telepresence" was taken straight from the bullshit generator

[HamOnCan]

it the talk about the new life forms around the vents. . how like each vent, geyser, fumerole and mudhole, all having their own bacteria . . . this where earth's biodiversity stems from? much thought needs be give to this as yet. . . is life organic ,with its origins in earth, sun merry-ly activate life's sprouting from earth on being watered by a touch of light.

[Zeppelinemg]

i can't even comprehend how much data is being transfered at once. a couple terabytes per second? insane.

[Toreiishi]

With so much wiring, wouldn't that affect sea life??

[dryan22]

We're introducing light into places where there isn't any in order for us to "see" what's going on.