Science on the Vessel – Video by Shuhao Xie
Our education officer Shuhao Xie made another great short film called Science on the Vessel. It gives a quick glimpse…
Thruster Pod – Sat, May 20
This is a single thruster pod that houses two propellers – remember these are controlled by the dynamic positioning system, and…
“Arduinos & Raspberry Pis” – Fri, May 19
Building cool circuits using microcontrollers or Arduinos (to the right in the pic) is one of the cool things we…
Expert Learners
“I am not an expert but I can learn.” Fabricio Ferreira, one of the Micropaleontologists replied during a question and…
Dumbo Octopus caught on film!
Yesterday the re-entry camera was coming up from the bottom of the ocean and it caught footage of a Dumbo…
No anchors, a needle on a string, we need thrusters!
If you want to approximate the difficulty of drill hole re-entry with the drill string you could try the following…
Thermal Conductivity – Mon, May 15
One of the rock properties we measure in the “Physical Properties” group, is thermal conductivity. This is a measure of…
Internal Compasses
Now that I have found my purpose for understanding rocks, they help me better understand life, things are starting to…
Small Foam Cup – Sun, May 14
Foam cup #1 is back from the deep. It travelled with the VIT camera into the deep sea, down to…
Happy Mother’s Day – Sat, May 13
To all the wonderful Moms out there – we miss you and send you oodles of sunshine from the South…