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Kraken s SeaPower Battery - Image: Kraken
Canadian subsea technology company Kraken Robotics on Thursday announced new contracts for subsea batteries and synthetic aperture sonar and new funding support totaling $2.2 million.
Kraken has received new orders totaling $0.7 million and funding awards for $1.5 million. The company said that it couldn t provide info on customers and clients due to confidentiality reasons. However, it did provide some color.
Kraken said that an existing U.S. defense industry customer was acquiring additional SeaPower batteries. This is the customer’s second order of aKraken batteries. Delivery will occur in the first half of 2021.
Also, A defense customer in the Southern Hemisphere has awarded Kraken a contract for an AquaPix MINSAS120 sensor for integration into the customer AUVs.
How listening to salmon helps feed them more efficiently
A new system aims to help salmon farming more efficient by optimizing feed
Magnus Oshaug Pedersen
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Magnus Oshaug Pedersen
Magnus Oshaug Pedersen
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A salmon can t pick up and drop its supper dish like a dog, so how do you know if they are hungry? It s an important question in aquaculture, and by using a combination of audio sensors and artificial intelligence, the Smart System for Feeding Control (SICA) offers a new way to answer it.
Farmed salmon make up between 60 and 70 percent of all salmon produced today, but the process suffers from an efficiency problem. Like any fish, salmon need to be fed. The problem for the farmer is to make sure the growing salmon get enough food to stay healthy and put on weight, but not so much that the food is wasted or starts to have a negative impact on the local environment.