An Aquatic Drone Is New England’s First Line of Hurricane Defense

Government Technology: The next time a hurricane comes barreling toward New England, we may have a better idea of whether it will intensify to a Category 5, or fizzle out and bring less damage than everyone feared.

Just thank the underwater hurricane patrol.

This hurricane season, an unmanned submersible named Blue is keeping watch over an area between Martha's Vineyard and New Jersey, collecting data shared around the globe.

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