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Norm Farr holding a component of his optical modem system.

Norm Farr holding a component of his optical modem system.
Norm Farr holding a component of his optical modem system.
Norm Farr holding a component of his optical modem system.
Norm Farr holding a component of his optical modem system.
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Kleindinst, Thomas N.
Norm Farr holding a component of his optical modem system.
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04/18/2012
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Sound has traditionally been the communications medium of choice in the ocean, but engineers at WHOI, including Norm Farr (pictured) developed an underwater "optical modem" that uses light to transmit information at a much higher rate than is capable with sound and that was recently used by scientists and engineers to collect data from a seafloor borehole observatory. Learn more about this new tool and what it helped show on a recent Alvin dive on the Juan de Fuca plate showed at the next Science Made Public lecture with WHOI geologist Maurice Tivey in Redfield Auditorium on Tuesday, August 12, at 3:00 p.m.
Photo by Tom Kleindinst
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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