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| A Bluefin-12 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) captures continuous, realtime information on ocean conditions |
The innovation infrastructure category includes the facilities in which innovators work and interact, as well as the technologies and instruments that support research and development activities. In this arena, the Innovation Institute is supporting the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’s plans to develop and deploy the New England Coastal Ocean Observing System (NECOOS), an integrated observing system across the entire northeastern coastal region, from New Jersey to Nova Scotia. This system will provide continuous, real-time data on ocean conditions and thereby transform ocean science, enabling more accurate weather forecasts and storm prediction, better management of our marine resources, and improved assessments of the impact of longer-term climate change. More importantly, Massachusetts will benefit from the impact of NECOOS’s ability to stimulate advanced new technologies in a variety of areas (e.g.,autonomous underwater vehicles, sensors, self powered moorings, underwater communication and anti-fouling technologies), as well as the development of new data products using observatory data.