🤯 We connected billions of devices on land. What if we connected the entire ocean too?
Ocean Internet is a future communication network designed to connect underwater sensors, submarines, research stations, marine robots and ocean infrastructure.
Watch the animation: a surface communication station sends data into the ocean. Sensors relay information between underwater devices, submarines and research stations.
Today we know more about parts of the Moon than some regions of our oceans.
Scientists want real-time information about ocean temperature, marine life, earthquakes, pollution and underwater infrastructure.
To achieve that, the ocean itself needs a communication network.
More than 70% of Earth's surface is covered by oceans.
An Ocean Internet could provide unprecedented visibility into underwater environments.
Radio waves do not travel well underwater, so engineers use acoustic signals, lasers and other specialised communication methods.
Future oceans may contain millions of connected devices constantly monitoring environmental conditions and supporting global communication networks.