UH cutting-edge tech on display at Marine Corps Base Hawaii event : Maui Now [Video]

Autonomous surface vehicles, remote sensors and solar-powered water purifiers were among the technologies on display as part of the Pacific Operational Science and Technology Field Experimentation event held last week at the Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi.

Approximately 45 cutting-edge technology demonstrators were on hand, including the University of Hawaiʻi Applied Research Laboratory and College of Engineering in partnership with the US Department of Defense. 

“UH is demonstrating an autonomous surface vehicle. We developed a technique for trying to have a rapid response after a tsunami or hurricane comes into a harbor,” said Margo Edwards, UH Applied Research Laboratory Director. “We want to be able to get sensors out in the water before we put any boats or people out there that might get harmed.”

“We also developed our own kind of low-cost maritime sensor payloads that we can deploy into the ocean and collect sort of whatever information of interest,” …