Cutting-Edge Telepresence Technology Helped Investigators Find the El Faro "Black Box"
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 17:00
in Astronomy & Space
Federal investigators found the "black box'' that could reveal why the El Faro cargo ship sank off the Bahamas in a hurricane last fall. The University of Rhode Island played a key role in the discovery. URI's acclaimed Inner Space Center at the Graduate School of Oceanography provided telepresence technology--and its expertise--to assist with the search.