Tag: GULFOFMEXICOOILSPILL

The ever-clever researchers at MIT have created what could be a revolutionary approach to cleaning up certain oil spills that stick around longer than they should. They call it Seaswarm, and we'd like to think of it as the high-tech paper towel of the sea. The Seaswarm devices are actually comprised of a group of autonomous, solar-powered robots (no, wait: before you run screaming, hear them ...

Since it launched three years ago, Ushahidi has played an increasingly crucial role in natural disaster and crisis relief efforts by allowing citizens to report violent incidents as they happen. Whenever the open-source software receives a notification from a user, it uses data collected from text messages, news reports or the Internet to geographically map the incident in real-time. In recent ...

The first step to solving the Gulf Coast oil crisis, as with any problem, is figuring out just how large and expansive the spill really is. As scientists, lawmakers, and Kevin Costner continue to debate the best way to stop the gushing, a group of academics at MIT are doing their part to track the disaster as it unfurls. The project, called Grassroots Mapping, uses camera-equipped kites to ...

With oil continuing to spill into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are struggling to contain an already unprecedented environmental disaster, and part of that is understanding and monitoring the Gulf's conditions. According to Tech News Daily, researchers from Rutgers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Delaware, the U.S. Navy and other institutions have recently deployed eight ...

As copious amounts of oil continue to hemorrhage from the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, the hopes of millions now hinge on the deepwater exploits of robots. Desperate for a solution, an overwhelmingly underprepared BP has been preparing a massive 100-ton structure that it hopes can effectively cover and contain the ruptured well 5,000 feet below sea level. Photos have now surfaced of the ...