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04 May

Mayflower 400: World’s First Unmanned Vessel To Navigate Across Atlantic

A team of researchers from the marine research organisation ProMare with IBM acting as technology partner recently built the world’s first intelligent ship known as the Mayflower 400.  According to reports, the team of researchers claimed that this ship is the world’s first unmanned vessel to navigate across the Atlantic ocean. The ship is 15…

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20 Sep

The Tech Behind Mayflower Autonomous Ship

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It was 1620 when the namesake English ship transported the pilgrims from England to the New World, and it’s now four hundred years later IBM’s Mayflower Autonomous Ship is ready to begin its voyage on a similar course, however, driven autonomously.  To collect data on the ocean and marine life, including sampling for plastics, IBM…

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