Navy, Marine Corps tests autonomous zero-power bathythermograph sensors
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 09:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Developed by the Naval Research Laboratory Bioenergy and Biofabrication Section in the Chemistry Division and the Physical Acoustics Branch of the Acoustic Division, the Zero Power Ballast Control (ZPBC) is a technology that relies on microbial energy harvesting developments to enable unsupervised underwater sensing with subsequent surfacing and reporting capabilities.