Foundations
An alternative to underwater cables is a chain of buoys that provide a hop-based Internet connection to the mainland. Existing installations with a similar structure consist of floating sensor devices for oceanic research or meteorological purposes. Events where objects have spilled out of ship’s during heavy storms have drawn public attention to this research area. For example, in a heavy storm in the north Pacific Ocean in 1990, a ship lost a container that hit the sea’s surface and opened, spilling 60,000 pairs of sport shoes.5 Similarly, in 1992, about 20,000 bathtub ducks spilled out, again in the north Pacific ocean.6,7 In both cases, civilians picked up some of the objects, which had washed ashore. From the locations where the objects were found, scientists deduced the characteristics of the ocean currents on the surface. So far, about 1,400 shoes have been found on the west coast of North America and the Hawaiian islands.
FoundationsAn alternative to underwater cables is a chain of buoys that provide a hop-based Internet connection to the mainland. Existing installations with a similar structure consist of floating sensor devices for oceanic research or meteorological purposes. Events where objects have spilled out of ship’s during heavy storms have drawn public attention to this research area. For example, in a heavy storm in the north Pacific Ocean in 1990, a ship lost a container that hit the sea’s surface and opened, spilling 60,000 pairs of sport shoes.5 Similarly, in 1992, about 20,000 bathtub ducks spilled out, again in the north Pacific ocean.6,7 In both cases, civilians picked up some of the objects, which had washed ashore. From the locations where the objects were found, scientists deduced the characteristics of the ocean currents on the surface. So far, about 1,400 shoes have been found on the west coast of North America and the Hawaiian islands.
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