Now that you've built a Sea Perch, it's time to take it to the next level. Hacking your Sea Perch can have endless possibilities: you can build your own sensors, add a video camera, give your Perch more power, and add some pizzazz, anything YOU can think of.
The MIT community has a long proud history of hacks , ranging from pranks like putting an MIT police car on top of the famous MIT dome to technical hacks that modify and improve all sorts of things. A hack can be anything, from adding another use to an existing project, like this Roomba hack , to creating your own project using tools like Scratch .
This site allows you to share your Sea Perch hacks with the world, and see what other users have done with their Sea Perch! Check out all these hacks, and post your own!
While you're thinking up your own hacks, you can try these out:
Upload Your Hack at Instructables.com !
Instructables.com is a website dedicated to hacking, modifying, and
improving every day technology. While you modify your Sea Perch, take
some pictures and notes, and when you are done, log in to
Instructables.com and add your hack to the Sea Perch group. This is
also a great place to get some ideas of how you can hack your own Sea
Perch.
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Advanced ROV The Advanced ROV demonstrated during the conference featured several new projects available to teaches whose students desire to move beyond the initial Sea Perch's capabilities. Significantly more powerful motors, a Stereo Hydrophone system, a bank of LED lights, and the mounting of instruments such as a compass and depth gauge in front of the camera. The frame, while much larger than that of a normal Sea Perch, is made of the same materials: PVC pipe with floats on top and weights below.
Below are documents for building components of the Advanced ROV. These are still under development, so comments and suggestions are appreciated.
Sea Star Surface Craft During the Sea Perch Conference, the Sea Star Surface Craft was unveiled. The Surface Craft project is intended to introduce students to the basic concepts of hull design, and related concepts such as bouyancy, center of gravity, center of bouyancy, righting moment, fluid dynamics, drag, etc. It is based on the forming of a hull out of foam, allowing students to experiemnt with varied designs. The motor and radio control system are easily moveable from one hull to another.
Below are the documents for building the Sea Star Surface Craft. These are still under development, so comments and suggestions are appreciated. Advanced Sea Perch documents will be posted soon.
Hydrophones Want to hear what is going on underwater?
Build a Hydrophone! A single hydrophone or a stereo hydrophone can be made with basic parts from any electronics store.
"How to Build a Hydrophone"
Advanced Sea Perch
Stereo Hydrophone - Construction Manual
Video Cameras To add an underwater camera, check out these suppliers:
Atlantis Underwater Video Systems Seaview Underwater Cameras and Video Systems Aqua-Vu Underwater Viewing Systems Reseources Un-Ltd. (search for product# GM-400K-12 )
Sensors Water Sampler
Data Logger Solutions from Onset Computer Corp.
High Tech High ROV Videos / Photos
Testing the ROV
A view from the ROV's camera while inside the testing tank
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