| It looks like the Russians and the Americans are | | | | University robotics, science and engineering |
| breaking new records under our seas as they go | | | | departments are working on all sorts of ROVs, UUVs, |
| deeper and discover more and more unique things. | | | | and mini-submarines for nearly any type of use such |
| While NASA studies other planets, asteroids meteors, | | | | as: |
| suns and moons, we have yet to discover or | | | | - Environmental Remediation and Monitoring |
| document over 1/2 of the surface of our planet, which | | | | - Oceanography Research |
| lies under our giant oceans. | | | | - Underwater Mapping |
| So what have we found? Several new species for | | | | - Underwater Geology |
| one thing and we have erased previous thought to be | | | | - Port Security |
| known facts about underwater volcanoes. It appears | | | | - Oil and Natural Resource Exploration |
| much of those old research papers must now be | | | | - Net-Centric Warfare Exploits |
| re-written with new theories attached. | | | | - Sea Life Study |
| We have discovered enormous formations | | | | In fact, just about anything you can think of having to |
| underwater that we did not believe possible made of | | | | do with such underwater robotic technology has made |
| known elements of our periodic tables and compounds | | | | strides in 2008 and many who study this area of |
| that defy our current knowledge. | | | | science and technology, as well as many futurists |
| Robotic Unmanned Underwater Vehicles have made | | | | believe this is the tip of the iceberg and we will |
| great advances this year both in the private sector | | | | continue to see new innovations each and every year. |
| and the public sector, as well as the military. The | | | | Manned submarines have also broken records this |
| private sector uses these subs for exploration, | | | | year. |
| research and underwater infrastructures like cables. | | | | |