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Gregory Designs, LLC » Underwater Vehicles

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Gregory Designs, LLC. Underwater vehicles must be designed to meet the demands of the deep ocean: an immense hydrostatic pressure and a caustic environment, and they must function to meet the needs of oceanographic scientists. Gregory Designs has over a decade of experience designing, fabricating, and operating Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV’s) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV’s). Principle mechanical engineer of the ROV. 8221; a 1500 msw rated AUV produced by Hydroid. Principle mechanical engine...

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Biofluorescent shark! Luminescent Labs scientists... - Luminescent Labs

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Luminescent Labs scientists report over 180 new species of biofluorescent fish, including this Swell Shark (. Read the full scoop: The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon. GIF animation: Emma Jane Webb. Reblogged this from luminescentlabs. Reblogged this from luminescentlabs. Reblogged this from luminescentlabs. Reblogged this from luminescentlabs. Reblogged this from luminescentlabs. Reblogged this from luminescentlabs. OH GOD OH GOD.

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This biofluorescent hawksbill turtle. Was first imaged on a full moon night in a remote region of the Solomon Islands. Although the Solomon Islands possess the largest rookery for hawksbill turtles in the oceanic South Pacific, globally E. imbricata. Is critically endangered and remains under threat from climate change, illegal trade, by-catch and legal subsistence take. The novel observation of fluorescence in E. imbricata. Read the story and see the video on National Geographic. September 28, 2015.

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Searching the Sea with a Blue Light. Professor David Gruber of Luminescent Labs searches the reef for fluorescent organisms. Photo by Jim Hellemn. March 7, 2013. Diving off Little Cayman. February 25, 2013. January 7, 2013. Aglow in the Dark: The Revolutionary Science of Biofluorescence [Paperback]. By Vincent Pieribone and David F. Gruber.

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Gregory Designs, LLC » » NOAA ROV “Deep Discoverer,” aka D2

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Gregory Designs, LLC. NOAA ROV “Deep Discoverer,” aka D2. September 30th, 2013. Beginning in Fall 2012, Gregory Designs took on a major endeavor to completely re-design and re-build a 6,000 msw rated ROV owned by NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. Todd Gregory acted as principle Mechanical Engineer for the project. The vehicle was re-built and tested at a NOAA facility at the University of New Hampshire, the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. Explore more about NOAA’s OER program and...

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Gregory Designs, LLC » » Turner DHR

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Gregory Designs, LLC. August 13th, 2010. The long awaited Turner DHR downhill frame is now available. We spent 18 months designing, prototyping and redesigning this baby. It is as much a work of industrial artwork as it will be a world cup racing bike. The “Wire Flyer” Flies! NOAA ROV “Deep Discoverer,” aka D2. Professional Engineer Exam Passed. ROV operations on Okeanos Explorer. Turner RFX prototype released. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. URI Graduate School of Oceanography.

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Gregory Designs, LLC » Oceanographic Instrumentation

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Gregory Designs, LLC. Below are a few images of a recent instrument development project at the University of Rhode Island. Another example of work done in Chris Roman’s lab at URI-Graduate School of Oceanography can be explored here. Todd was the principle mechanical designer for this 100 msw rated Lagrangian Float. Another example is a project undertaken for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s (WHOI) department of Geology and Geophysics. The “Wire Flyer” Flies! Professional Engineer Exam Passed.

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This beauty (a.k.a. Lives about a mile deep underwater. They have weirdly stalked eyes as baby larvae (A) and the stalks somehow disappear as they mature (B). Almost nothing is known about. Their reproductive habits (how, when and where), but you can see that they dine on jellyfish (look inside B’s throat). Live in all the oceans of the world. These gorgeous pictures were taken by Dr. Christina Wahl and appear in her book,. January 17, 2015. And she also stars in The Dictionary of Imaginary Jellies.

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Paradise by the bioluminescent light. Large cities spend millions on energy for city lights annually. A metropolis like Barcelona, with over one and a half million inhabitants, spends ten million euros each year solely on the maintenance of streetlights. On top of that there are the electrical costs to light up the city (1). Consider the costs of domestic lighting in such a city; we do not have to tell you this adds up to a lot of money! Which may differ from species to species (2). The light producing c...