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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

Cars That Think

Thanks to the combination of solar cells and lithium batteries, she says, “our boats can operate and travel nonstop for months, without needing refueling or external recharging.” Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica.

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