automation

NOAA Adopts Technology to Automate Weather Balloon Launches

By Susan Buchanan | NOAA on May 8, 2018 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

NOAA’s National Weather Service is tapping technology to automate weather balloon launches in Alaska, a move that will allow staff to improve public service across the state while saving federal tax dollars. Weather balloons, used by the National Weather Service for the past 80 years, are filled with hydrogen or helium and ascend 22 miles […]

Changes in Seafood Industry Will Require Fewer Workers

By Fishermen's News Online on Feb 13, 2018 Featured, Fishermen's News Online

A decline in the domestic workforce for the seafood industry’s harvesting and processing sector is prompting efforts for modernization and automation of the harvest to reduce the number of workers needed, while increasing skills required of those who get the jobs. That was the message from Gleyn Bledsoe of Washington State University’s Center for Advanced […]