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Autonomously circumnavigating Denmark

Autonomously circumnavigating Denmark

Gepostet von | 26 Oct 2021 | , , , | 0

Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics announced today that it has completed the world's first autonomous and remote-controlled voyage of a seagoing vehicle over more than 1,000 nautical miles. Under the project name "The Machine Odyssey", the company's autonomous tug Nellie Bly completed a circumnavigation of Denmark. It only needed 129 operating hours over 13 days. The voyage was guided by the US Coast Guard. Remote-controlled autonomous ships offer the maritime industry new impetus for competitiveness. This is why CEO Michael Johnson expressed his enthusiasm: "The Machine Odyssey signals the beginning of a new human-technology relationship that will revolutionise maritime operations in the 21st...

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An aircraft carrier for a penny

An aircraft carrier for a penny

Gepostet von | 13 Oct 2021 | , , , | 0

As is well known, the cent is the smallest currency unit in monetary circulation in the USA (as is now also the case in Europe). There, however, it is colloquially referred to as a penny, just as the English, the originators of the term on the other side of the English Channel, still do today in the unbroken tradition of their coinage system. For such a penny, which has borne the likeness of Abraham Lincoln on one side for 112 years, you could choose one of the two aircraft carriers USS KITTY HAWK or USS JOHN F. KENNEDY and "purchase" it from the US Naval Sea Systems Command (the US Navy's material agency). Although...

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