Sunday, 7 August 2011

NEREUS(underwater vehicke)

-It is an automonus underwater vehicle created by Woods Hoods Oceanographic institute(WHOI)
-Constructed as a research vehicle to operate st the depth of 36,000feet(11,000m), it was designed to explore the challenger deep which is the deepest portion of global ocean
-On this dive nereus reached a depth of 35,768feet(10,902m) making it the second vehicle to reach the deepest point currently in operation, and since the first time in 1998 the mariana ocean which is known to be the deepest part till now
-Nereus weighs about 3.0tons in air,4.25m long and 2.3m wide
-Approximately 2,000lithium ion batteries power it
-An alternative to a tether, it can be switched to a free swimming mode and operated as an automonus vehicle and hover, similar to a helicopter over the ocean surface
-It hovered for about 10 hours over the trench and sent back live videos to the mother ship

challenge to read

welcome to the website as to set a challenge to your reading.Well i am currently working on my reading habits, anything new read by me well be posted as would do alot of benefits to my reading skills and help to improvise my knowledge
 ANYTHING knowledge and reading are very important and i am trying to include it in my daily routine habits whether people, places,things,discoveries, invention,inventor,short stories....it would just be awesome........and hey  would make sure what i get i give it back so that you would also benefit out of it......