DocAndersen
Chasing Dory is a cute name for an ROV. ROVs or remotely operated vehicles focused on exploring underwater. Drones are also a form of ROV, but drones are normally associated with flying above you in the air. Or next to you in the case of a selfie drone. ROV”s as the market defines them today work underwater. Many include a handset to operate them, and some use your tablet or cell phone.
Chasing Dory is much smaller (just over 3 pounds) and comes in a brilliant yellow. The base system includes a 150-foot teether and a buoy. What that means is you can go down 150 feet if the body of water is that deep!
- Wifi doesn’t work through the water. It works above the water, but once you start moving below the water level, wifi signals dissipate quickly. So with a drone in the air, you can use WIFI because WIFI works up to 10000 feet away from the receiver. With an ROV underwater, the device has to be tethered. Chasing Dory is a new system that has a tether, but the tether connects to the wifi-enabled buoy.
- These ROVs can go easily as deep as 1000 feet. However, the recommended depth is around 300 feet. Remember that water pressure is quickly greater than air pressure.
Chasing Dory has a set of headlights that allows the camera to see below water level. It takes a couple of times using an underwater ROV to get the orientation. Where Drones are a little less control specific, you have up, down, and side to side. With the ROV you have the same up, down, side to side, but the reality is you can’t physically see the ROV underwater. So what you see is what you are responding to with an ROV.
We haven’t had a chance to put Dory in the water yet. That will come after the end of winter! It is hard to operate controls when you have to wear gloves!
Chasing Dory has a nice software package, for either Android of IoS devices. The system can operate around 200 feet away from your phone. What that means is that the buoy, with Dory can be placed in the water, and then you can move your boat away from the area. You will get to see more without the shadow of a boat overhead!
I won’t do a rating for this ROV until I get it in the water and see what they video and still, pictures look like.
So, for now, it is an introduction review!
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Question of
are you curious what lies below the surface of the water?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
See fish underwater is really cool right?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
would you rather have a drone (flying overhead)?
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Yes
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No
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or would you rather have an ROV (underwater)?
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Yes
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No
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So who is Chasing Dory? Nemo? ??? It would be interesting to see the creatures down there as many of them do not really go to the surface. Interesting facts about the difference of drone vis-a-vis ROV.
thanks! they are both interesting overall. I don’t know who is chasing dory. I will ask and see if Dory knows.
They need to really use one of these to finally put an end to the Loch Ness monster debate. Also, one of these in the Bermuda Triangle would be remarkable.
the problem in those cases is the depth of the water (bermuda) and murkiness of the water (loch ness)
I would like to have both but, I have to put my 10 cents in here.
In New Zealand waters, many boats go out with sonar fish detectors, the fish don’t have a chance to breed and reproduce. We are starting fish farms, however, these devices can be used to get rid of the marine life as well.
Marine life is important to the food chain of everything around us
fish finders can kind of cut into the sheer magic of fishing.
Q: ARE YOU CURIOUS WHAT LIES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER?
Yes (11 votes) – 100%
Q: SEE FISH UNDERWATER IS REALLY COOL RIGHT?
Yes (12 votes) – 100%
Q: WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A DRONE (FLYING OVERHEAD)?
Yes (5 votes) – 56%
No (4 votes) – 44%
Q: OR WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE AN ROV (UNDERWATER)?
Yes (7 votes) – 88%
No (1 votes) – 13%
I cannot wait to see this beauty once it warms up next year. I’am missing my bike rides downtown.
we had to put away our tandem two weeks ago when it got really cold. I miss bike rides as well! Winter will eventually move on!
don’t like watching fish; it makes me hungry
ROFL
thanks, I needed to laugh! now my side hurts!
please, do not take this as an opportunity to create creepy fish WIP!
I might do more stained glass sushi, but that’s about it
🙂
that I would love to see!
did you miss it the last time?
https://virily.com/virily_poll/stained-glass-sushi-wip/
i did somehow. I wonder if I’ve missed more of your posts than I realized.
the problem is not all of my old posts have images anymore
I don’t know how to test that problem. I have thought about it several times, no answer. Thoughts?
random sample? brute force?
the random sample might work-
it would need to be random random (user and post)
but then what is the baseline?
my gut is a random sample (authors)
then once authors are selected
pick their stuff for 5 days.
that would reduce the probability of noise by 3/4% giving you a plus-minus of about 10%
that seems like a reasonable margin
we would need a lot of people to make this work.
without a robust sample set, your findings will be statistically irrelevant…
yeah
my fear at this point is that it won’t matter soon.
I know exactly what you mean
sadly that point is here. soon was yesterday. now we are past soon.
are your tags getting stripped out?
i have not checked I have been more focused on other issues.
yeah, I know what you mean. it is just a waste of time if they’re getting stripped out…
i suspect like images that it is more of a configuration issue but, when things calm down a bit I will check!
it must be a real pain to run this site
with the new GDPR rules, i suspect it is agony every day.
as they aren’t really gathering user info, it shouldn’t be so hard
email is considered personal information at the highest level.
It isn’t truly PII, but they also collect your actual name in your profile. So they have some limits per GDPR.
sure, just saying their ability to harvest info on us is pretty much nonexistent
they have enough information, you see they send you money from time to time. That puts them squarely into GDPR territory.
In the US they would also fall under the new laws in NY.
they have some info, but not what I consider sensitive personal info…
That is a personal definition, I can’t touch that – I don’t know your framework. By law the fall under GDPR (Payooner and Paypal) as well as other personal data.
my definition is “how hard is that info to get” or “how sensitive is it”
i think GDPR is a little more prescriptive but similar.
and I am not trying to say GDPR should adopt my assessment. just saying that Virily shouldn’t have to struggle like they do
honestly, i suspect any organization starting out would struggle. the role, CISO is new in many companies.
The activities of a CISO aren’t even something that many companies even consider.
most companies act like they have a CFO and that’s it…
the new NY financial law requires a CISO reporting to the Board of Directors. I suspect that will be expanded.
the CISO mainly explains what their job is to the board
i would hope not, but sadly that is often the case.
“what is it you do here again?”
um I am the janitor. I keep the network clean!
yeah, you really gotta dumb your job description down for some of those guys
a friend of mine is starting a company. He got mad at me because I said are you going to collect information about users.
he said yes.
I said you won’t get funding until you have Cyber plan.
your friend likes to shoot the messenger?
I love to watch what’s underwater. Unfortunately, there’s not much to see at the depth I visit, haha.
The ROV’s can go much deeper in the water! I loved your water pictures from the other day!
I have a feeling that if I had it, its first mission will be its last one. 😀
we had one last year that a friend loaned me, we didn’t lose it!
Is that a challenge? Because I am sure I can lose it, haha.
i think based on the last picture you shared the water wouldn’t be deep enough!
Life is great whether on land, in the air or under water. Unfortunately, I would not use any of these two devices as I am useless with almost all technology except a smartphone, a tablet (just barely), a laptop and a remote. I will have to check up o your review if my memory is still there in April or so…
I suspect the complexity is something that will continue to limit these devices. But who knows they may be able to make them so easy everyone can get one if they so desire!
I often wondered what those devices were called but I never got around to researching more than what I saw.
For me both life above the earth and beneath the sea are just as interesting.
THey are interesting and the market is changing. It used to be more than 2000 US to have an ROV, in the next few years you will see one for less than 100 us!
I hear about this device for the first time. The underwater world is very interesting to me so I would opt for a ROV.
i really enjoy playing with the one we have! actually so does my wife. With the summer of sharks on US beaches this year, she doesn’t want to go into the water.
I think the underwater world is much nicer and more interesting, dear friend
I enjoy seeing what I can see, in the sky, under the water and beyond the stars!
I help myself at sea with the underwater mass … not much is seen, and many things can be seen
That is why i love ROVs, I don’t have to worry about sharks. Of course, my wife always asks “what if a shark bites the ROV?”
But is there a chance that this could happen?
there is a small chance if you are near sharks that they would nip your ROV yes. Mostly it is my wife being my wife!
It will be absolutely cool to see what lies beneath.
I agree, I think there is much to be seen!
I would definitely be curious to see what lies beneath!
oh what tales the sea could tell! if only we could see.
i will share some videos once it is warm enough to be near water.
I used to enjoy watching Jacques Cousteau on tv.
I love the undersea world they showed, one of the reasons I love the ocean!!!!
It will be cool to see what is underwater. Today I learned quite a new thing ,ROV. Looking forward to your review
sadly that will not be until April
Ohh☹️☹️☹️…Three months to go…I need to exercise patience in waiting till then.
sorry about that, it is much colder when you are near water in the winter!
Ahh…Now I have understood. It will be difficult to do so when it’s very cold. I will wait… I’m always patient 98% of most time??
that is much better than I can do (for patience)
Yeah , see underwater is really look great and Cool
it really is, thanks for the comment!
Well I don’t like them over my head. I am always afraid they are going to land on me.
then an underwater ROV is for you!!!!