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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: Meet Yi Chao: Oceanographer and Former NASA Scientist Empowering Remote Ocean Data Collection | Wave Makers
Description: In this episode, host Tamara Kahn speaks with Dr. Yi Chao, CEO and Founder of Seatrec Inc., about their efforts to accelerate ocean research with a unique energy harvesting solution. Listen to hear about his journey from NASA JPL to commercializing ocean technology. And learn about the power of temperature differences! What a diver feels as a temperature change as they explore deeper into the wild blue, Seatrec engineers see as thermal energy that can be turned into energy. And harvesting this unlimited supply has the potential to make ocean data more available to the many stakeholders that rely...