/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/grace-the-robotic-fish-to-keep-us-up-to-date-on-water-qualityGrace, Gliding Robot ACE, to travel waterways and keep tabs of the quality of life&#39;s blood (via MSU ) Water makes up 71% of our earthly home and is essential for all forms of life on this planet. Thus, monitoring the quality of water is a signifi...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/grace-the-robotic-fish-to-keep-us-up-to-date-on-water-qualityTue, 22 Jan 2013 20:16:02 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:2e6d9775-1edf-4257-ab7b-e9b1918ee6f9DAB1<p>I agree, there is a near infinite amount of data we can learn from the ocean environments.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>GRACE may well be a good first step in getting a lot of data acquisition probes out into the various Ocean areas.</p><p>Weather data alone could save thousands of lives and keep untold Billions in preventing damage to coastal communities.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I wish there was a central agency collecting and diseminating this data world wide.</p><p>I know there are a lot of open and closed agencies doing at least local efforts, but we could go a long way towards expanding our knowledge so that we could work and thrive in open ocean environments.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just my opinion.</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=14891&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">