Grow Blue

Our next Blue Tech Talk will feature Ian Estaphan Owen with Jaia Robotics. Wednesday, August 14th In person at Innovate Newport Noon- 1pm Register HERE: https://lnkd.in/dmhwxJKw Thanks to our sponsor, People's Credit Union! We hope to see you there!

Today Innovate Newport hosted The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce' fourth Blue Tech Talk, featuring Andrew Gregg, CTO and co-founder at HavocAI. Andrew leads the technical team designing and building a truly affordable system of autonomous small Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs). HavocAI is revolutionizing maritime autonomy. Founded in 2024, HavocAI is bringing scalable maritime autonomy solutions and our ultra-low cost, high-rate production sUSVs (Uncrewed Surface Vessels) to the defense and commercial markets at the speed of relevance. HavocAI is poised to field thousands of autonomous multi-mission maritime assets in domains of pressing need, providing genuinely affordable mass efficiently and expeditiously. Thank you Andrew! ...and thank you to our series sponsor, People's Credit Union! Upcoming Tech Talks: Aug. 7: Ben Benny; Sima Analytics (virtual) Register HERE: https://lnkd.in/exzHXwZu Aug. 14: Ian Estaphan Owen; Jaia Robotics (in person at Innovate Newport) Register HERE: https://lnkd.in/eaJSX8k3 Aug. 21: Nelson Mills; Vatn Systems (in person at Innovate Newport) Register HERE: https://lnkd.in/e44d8Gha Special thanks to People's Credit Union for sponsoring the series.

🎉 INTRODUCING... Your #BlueTIDE2024 participants! This year’s roster of companies represent a diverse range of states and countries, including Canada, Scotland, Norway, Australia and New Zealand! Help us welcome them all to Newport, RI 🌊 Register here: https://ow.ly/BLgF50SNMcF 🤩 Participants include: CSignum BLUEiQ Bluemvmt DSA Ocean Greensea IQ HavocAI HydroNet Jaia Robotics MAK Technologies OceanComm, Inc. Open Ocean Robotics Primordial Labs SeaDeep Seasats SeaTrac Systems, Inc. Sensor Technology LTD Sunfish Inc Torrey Pines Logic Vatn Systems Avalon Holographics Composite Energy Technologies C2 Robotics Joey Fiore (Powerhouse) DUST Identity enDAQ Sensors Enginuity Inc. Havguard AS MarkSetBot Nautilus Defense Starboard Maritime Intelligence Deep Blue Composites Juice Robotics Current Lab Linda Larsen Erik Brine

It's #SharkWeek! Tonight, University of Rhode Island #URIGSO Ph.D. student Christine de Silva will appear in her fourth Shark Week episode since 2020, as co-host for this season's "Alien Sharks: Ghosts of Japan." de Silva and co-host Forrest Galante aim to find and tag a Japanese angelshark, an elusive bottom-dwelling species, in Japan's Suruga Bay. The show allowed de Silva to showcase her company, Juice Robotics, which develops underwater cameras and equipment capable of operating at depths of up to 3,000 meters. "Alien Sharks: Ghosts of Japan" airs tonight at 10 p.m. on Discovery Inc. Read more from The Providence Journal and be sure to tune in: https://buff.ly/4cSm9sW 📸 James Quinn Brantley (@jqbrantley)

Our first Blue Tech Talk in the Series of 7, featured Sue Van Hook, Founder of MycoBuoys, a company that creates biocompatible, mushroom-based buoys to support cages, traps and lines used in fish, shellfish and seaweed aquaculture. It was refreshing to learn about this "low technology" that could have a massive impact on our oceans and the world. Sue talked about the importance of circular economy, and how mushrooms could play a role in replacing plastics and Styrofoam. If you are curious about how mushrooms can be used to replace plastics, Styrofoam, and even wood, reach out to Sue. This foundress has wisdom, experience, and determination, and is eager to mentor. Our next Blue Tech Talk is Wednesday, July 17th. Our friend, Aviv Melman, Founder of NAKAI Robotics, will Zoom in from Israel to share about his innovate technology that is an autonomous ship hull cleaning robot!! You can join us on Zoom or in person at Innovate Newport to see Aviv on the big screen. Either way, we ask that you register on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/dpWnGgAJ

Interested in innovative technology that solves real-world problems? Want to find creative solutions to protect our oceans? MycoBuoys creates biocompatible, mushroom-based buoys to support cages, traps and lines used in fish, shellfish and seaweed aquaculture. Come learn more on Weds. July 10 (noon- 1 pm)- Founder Sue Van Hook will be IN PERSON at Innovate Newport for a Lunch & Learn. So bring your lunch and join us for an engaging conversation! Sue will share her new technology and also answer any questions you may have. Do not miss this opportunity to learn and make connections. Please share this with anyone who you think might be interested in hearing about this cool technology that is helping to reduce plastics in our oceans. Register Here: https://lnkd.in/dRACgmpS Thanks to our series sponsor, People's Credit Union!