This story is about a crazy and dangerous project being worked on in different settings – potentially affecting all life on Earth. The monster is called the Internet of Underwater Things, and the goal of this initiative is to completely colonize and disrupt the oceans in the name of lucrative “sustainable development,” plus military interests.
In a 2012 paper, the Internet of Underwater Things was defined as a “worldwide network of interconnected intelligent underwater objects that enable monitoring of vast unexplored bodies of water. “
This project is an easy candidate for the Darwin Prize. It includes ideas that are obviously bad like the introduction of underwater devices that communicate long distances via impactful sonar – jarring marine life – as well as the installation of buttons and devices on the bottom. oceans, scattering many underwater vehicles and robots across the oceans, creating electromagnetic interference, and much more.
Personally, I am stunned by the undeniable cruelty and stupidity of this practice. I wonder if the concept would get even a single buck if scientists (or investors) had to first test it out for themselves by installing speakers in their homes that would emit a dazzling sound. ears at random hours, comes with a camera-enabled drone. will fly in and out, as scientists try to live their private lives.
My theory is that after a month or two of such a life, scientists will cry out for their mother and complain to God about the injustice. But somehow, an attack on marine life on an unprecedented scale is good – and even prestigious! Alas, respect for life is not taught to scientists.
Original research in the EU
Here’s a neat little synopsis from 2014 from Project Sunrise, an EU-first mimicry project dedicated to IoUT:
Professor Chiara Petrioli, Sunrise project coordinator, University of Rome, said: “In the water, we have to use the same communication method that marine creatures use, that is sound, or communication. audio communication. (The system they are touting in the video is called “LOON”.)
This 2018 article on Defense, Security and Technology website, talks about the SUNRISE project in detail:
“The goal of the European SUNRISE initiative is to provide the missing tools for unprecedented monitoring and exploration of the marine environment, by extending the Internet of Things concept to the marine environment. IoUT promises to visit oil and gas exploration [speaking of sustainability]monitoring waterways and the marine environment, producing renewable energy through offshore wind turbines and sustainably using the ocean’s resources.
Similar to IoT, the Military Network of Things (MIOT) covering a multitude of platforms, from ships to aircraft, ground vehicles to weapon systems, is expected to be developed. The military is also interested in building a military network of things underwater (IoUT) to communicate with underwater vehicles, ships, and submarines.
A highly sought after undersea weapons and surveillance system, long sought but not wired, distributed, networked. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA] issued a referendum identifying technological breakthroughs that will enable fully integrated and networked undersea systems. “
DARPA’s “Ocean of Things”
About DARPA: According to Forbes, they have been “awarded the contract for the next phase of development of Ocean of Things (OoT), a sea-seeding project with thousands of floating sensors that monitor everything that moves from plane to submarine.”
In their own words, “DARPA’s Ocean of Things Program seeks to enable continuous maritime situational awareness over large areas of ocean by deploying thousands of small, low-cost buoys that generate into a distributed sensor network.
Each smart buoy contains a commercially available set of sensors to collect environmental data – such as sea surface temperature, sea state and position – as well as operational data about commercial vessels, machinery flying and even marine mammals move through the area. The floats periodically transmit data via satellite to the cloud network for real-time storage and analysis. “
Project SEANet
A little earlier, in 2018, the SEANet project was introduced to the public in the United States, funded by the US National Science Foundation, to “develop an open platform for flexible testing with underwater networked system.”
6G
Internet of the Underwater Things comes with cutting edge specifications. In 2020, an article titled “Underwater Internet of Things in Smart Oceans: System Architecture and Open Problems” described the development of “smart oceans” as a project demanding asked “the most recent developments in autonomous underwater vehicles, smart sensors, underwater communications technology, and underwater routing protocols.”
In 2021, another paper, elaborately titled, “Meta Learning Linked Advanced Audio Broadcasting Collaboration Framework for the Ocean of Things Underwater Acoustic Communications,” stated the following:
“Sixth generation (6G) wireless communication will be an integrated architecture of ‘space, air, land and sea’. One of the most difficult parts of this architecture is receiving Underwater information collectors need to transmit information over the water-air interface.
In this scenario, the ocean of things (OoT) will play an important role, as it can act as a hub connecting the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Underwater Internet of Things (IoUT). The OoT device can not only collect data through underwater methods, but can also use airborne radio frequencies.
For underwater communications, acoustic underwater communications (UWA COMMs) are the most efficient way for OoT devices to exchange information, but it is always plagued by doppler shifts and synchronization errors. “
Given the known effects of wireless radiation, this is devastating.
Warning from the author of “Invisible Rainbow”
Arthur Firstenberg, the pioneering author of “Invisible Rainbow,” has published an alarming, must-read overview of the Internet of Underwater Things.
He believes that “the most urgent attack, the fastest to destroy the planet, is wireless technology. It is itself the most destructive, and it increases the speed and coordination of all other attacks. ” What kind of devices are needed for the Internet of Underwater Things?
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sensors and antennas (“nodes”) on the ocean floor |
buttons at different depths |
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surface buttons |
relays antennas at different depths to transmit data vertically from the ocean floor to the ocean surface and horizontally between nodes |
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) |
Automated Surface Vehicle (ASV) |
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underwater robot |
wireless surface float |
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Smart boats and ships |
smart submarine |
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smart coast |
According to Arthur Firstenberg, “some underwater audio modems on the market are capable of generating sound as loud as 202 decibels. That’s equivalent to 139 decibels in air. It’s as loud as a jet engine at 100 distances. feet , and above the threshold for human pain.
These modems emit sound modulated at frequencies from 7 kHz to 170 kHz, covering nearly the entire hearing range of the dolphins, which use sound for hunting and navigation. “He also cites a paper on the impact of noise pollution on ocean life:
“Most fish and invertebrates use sound for vital life functions… Impacts of noise on development include body malformations, egg mortality or premature mortality. higher maturity, slower growth, slower metamorphosis and settlement, and slower growth Rate of mortality in the presence of noise.
The anatomical effects from noise are associated with major internal trauma, cellular damage to nerve cells and neurons, disorientation and even death, and hearing loss.
Noise-induced stress effects are not uncommon, including higher stress hormone levels, greater metabolic rate, oxygen uptake, cardiac output, parasitism, arousal, distress, and rates death, sometimes from disease and cannibalism; and worse body condition, lower growth, weight, feed consumption, immune response and reproduction rate. The integrity of the DNA is also compromised, as is the overall physiology. “
Where is PETA?
Role of the World Economic Forum
Now look. Given the ambitious nature of the destructive initiative, is the World Economic Forum lurking in the background? Certainly so! Meet C4IR (“The Center of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”) Ocean.
According to them, they are “the first and only C4IR affiliate hub with a global ocean mission [here we go again with mandates]a joint initiative of the Aker Group and the World Economic Forum… These large-scale and multifaceted challenges require all ocean stakeholders to work together. What about their “platform”?
“The Ocean Data Platform is a central tool in C4IR Ocean’s efforts to unlock the power of ocean data. It is designed as a fully open source, integrated data digital ecosystem. Bridges were built to pilot and support new data-driven tools to support ocean health and productivity.”
Productivity! Productivity! They consider the beautiful ocean, the cradle of life, as an inanimate conveyor belt pushing profits out! But of course it is.
Here is a detail on the Aker Group, from Reuters. Billionaire investor Kjell Inge Roekke said: “Norway’s Aker ASA will generate more value from its low-carbon energy and IT businesses over the next decade than from the country’s traditional oil and gas operations. this”. It’s all about sustainability!
“Ocean Dashboard”
While we’re there, also meet the mighty Ocean Panel, “a unique initiative of 14 world leaders working with government, business, financial institutions, the scientific community and civil society to catalyze and scale bold, pragmatic solutions in policy, governance, technology and finance to ultimately develop a program of action for the transition to an ocean economy sustainable.” What do they say about themselves? Naturally, they brag about being a nice guy:
“By strengthening humanity’s relationship with the oceans, connecting ocean health and wealth, working with diverse stakeholders, and tapping into the latest knowledge, Ocean Panel aims to create conditions for a better, more sustainable future for people and the planet.
Established in September 2018, Ocean Panel… is the only ocean policy body dedicated to serving world leaders with the authority needed to enable, amplify, and accelerate action globally. world for ocean priorities. “
Call me naive – but to my ears, the repetitive use of fuzzy language, accompanied by moving pictures of locals, is a bit obnoxious. It has been shown time and again that “sustainable” projects like this tend to offend the natives and serve no purpose other than bringing new profits to the old profiteers.
And finally, this is the “sustainable” treatment of the oceans for them, according to their own report. The turbine roared. Just on a sound basis, I would say, fact check: false.
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