A Massachusetts company has developed a way to send e-mails longer distances under the ocean than ever before.
Published:
13 June 2000 y., Tuesday
The U.S. Navy last month used technology developed by Benthos Inc. of Falmouth to send e-mails from a submarine off the coast of California to a naval base in San Diego and to other underwater modems.
While cruising at a depth of 400 feet, the USS Dolphin was able to send e-mails up to a distance of three miles to a relayer buoy, which transferred them to land, Benthos president and chief executive John L. Coughlin said.
It was the first time a submerged and moving submarine was able to communicate without giving away its position by surfacing or raising an antenna, he said. The modem sends digital data underwater using sound energy.
The e-mails were sent at a speed of 2,400 bytes per second, slow when compared to desktop computers. Underwater e-mails are not new, but what makes this technology different is the distance, speed and reliability of the transmission, Coughlin said. The technology not only has military applications, but can be used by the gas and oil drilling industry, for weather tracking and for other underwater research, Coughlin said.
Šaltinis:
AP
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
Software company announced new structure_ of it_s business.
more »
The US technology giant Microsoft said its annual revenues hit a record of $69.94bn (£43.4bn).Sales of the company's Xbox 360 videogame console and its Office software helped fuel the growth.
more »
Fujitsu demonstrated a next generation cholesteric LCD color digital paper module at the International Digital Publishing Expo.
more »
Apple’s next iPhone will begin production in mid to late August and ramp aggressively.
more »
People who create concept designs for future technology always have the luxury that their ideas don’t have to be practical or possible now, just cool enough to get people excited about what might be created one day.
more »
While Twitter isn’t rushing to go public like some of its larger peers, the microblogging service has no problem luring deep-pocketed investors.
more »
Free video chat is coming to Facebook.
more »
Nokia is still one of the biggest names in mobile phones but the company is in rapid decline and profits are sharply down.
more »
Wireless connection standard "Global System for Mobile Communications“ (GSM)
this year on July 1st has reached 20 years of age.
more »
Not long ago we heard a rumor about HTC’s upcoming device supporting a 12 megapixel camera; now we have some info about two more novelties.
more »
While the Stuart Hughes iPad Supreme Editions command respect and an astronomical price, there are other ways to glamorize your brand-new tech toy.
more »