The utilization of drones technology has been getting great interest which may be attributed to recent news that unveiled Amazon's intend to use human-less aircraft as their delivery fleets. Given the extremely sci-fi nature of the idea, the significant pick-up of interests in the subject is not uprising at all. Bloggers and journalists cite little doubt about the crystallization of the idea, however the big question is when do we see this cool technology becoming a reality? Yet somehow, endless list of concern still remain as mysteries and it appears that man and not the technology itself that proves to be the biggest bottleneck. For science geeks, the discussion of drone is not limited to the sky though. Recently, news of US Navy's pursuit in using sea drones has been making huge waves across the tech forums and blogsphere. The Amazon drone idea has attracted its fair share of controversy and excitement and so does the ocean drone idea. As always, military use appears to be the first beneficiary of any new technology and it's apparent from their already on-going attempt to use the ocean depth for their military advantage. It'll only be few years from now before most of the classified information is made available to us but for now, the geeks have been hard at work and let's see what forecast they've produced.
Military intelligence gathering will definitely be among the first beneficiary of such technology. But military intelligence itself is really a huge field alone and it may mean a lot of things. Enemy surveillance is one type of intelligence information which can be gathered by these sea drones. You will find countless different kind of marine organisms that may range in size from as small as few centimeters to as large as few meters which is going to make enemy detection highly challenging. Nevertheless the more interesting use could be to collect the terrestrial layout of the enemy territory. As scary as it may seem, but when these sea drones are really capable of collecting such data, you never know what the next step would be.
Military intelligence gathering will definitely be among the first beneficiary of such technology. But military intelligence itself is really a huge field alone and it may mean a lot of things. Enemy surveillance is one type of intelligence information which can be gathered by these sea drones. You will find countless different kind of marine organisms that may range in size from as small as few centimeters to as large as few meters which is going to make enemy detection highly challenging. Nevertheless the more interesting use could be to collect the terrestrial layout of the enemy territory. As scary as it may seem, but when these sea drones are really capable of collecting such data, you never know what the next step would be.
Navigation aid is one cool usage of the ocean drone technology that's been speculated by many science geeks. Quite recently, the US Navy SEAL accomplished what appeared to be highly unlikely mission in capturing the world's #1 wanted man, Bin Laden and what was amazing was how they were able to secretly enter the area without being noticed. I can't be sure if it is actually the case but there have been reports indicating that the SEAL teams may swim across oceans if that proves to be the safest means of reaching the enemy target. The sea drones can be utilized to collect information regarding the ocean conditions such as the current direction, speed and etc. With the accessibility of such information, the journey time can easily be reduced significantly and so does the danger.
Should there be a sci-fi idea that fascinates me as a science enthusiast, it'd be the drone idea. But clearly, there are still big gaps to be filled and millions of questions to be addressed before we actually see all these ideas put into reality. Have you ever wanted your purchase may reach your home as soon as you click the check out button? I certainly appreciate the suggestion. I do not particularly like the darkness of the sea beneath however it is in this darkness that I believe many of Mother Nature's greatest secrets are still hidden and only waiting to be unearthed and I believe the ocean drone takes us an inch closer towards achieving this.
Should there be a sci-fi idea that fascinates me as a science enthusiast, it'd be the drone idea. But clearly, there are still big gaps to be filled and millions of questions to be addressed before we actually see all these ideas put into reality. Have you ever wanted your purchase may reach your home as soon as you click the check out button? I certainly appreciate the suggestion. I do not particularly like the darkness of the sea beneath however it is in this darkness that I believe many of Mother Nature's greatest secrets are still hidden and only waiting to be unearthed and I believe the ocean drone takes us an inch closer towards achieving this.