Partners and Related Links

The live broadcast from the steamship Portland is presented by the following...

NOAA's Undersea Research Center
at the University of Connecticut
www.nurc.uconn.edu

NURC-UConn is one of six undersea centers established by NOAA's Undersea Research Program (NURP) to provide the research community the support needed to work underwater and sponsor expeditions to explore, study, measure and sample our underwater world. NURC firmly believes in the capacity of the underwater world to excite, engage and challenge learners of all ages. Therefore, the Center feels it is incumbent to provide opportunities such as this wireless webcast for educators and students to share in the discovery and experience the research process first hand.

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
http://www.stellwagen.noaa.gov

Congress designated the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in 1992 as an area of special national significance. Virtually the size of the state of Rhode Island, the sanctuary stretches between Cape Ann and Cape Cod in federal waters off of Massachusetts. SBNMS sits astride the historic shipping routes and fishing grounds for such ports as Boston, Gloucester, Plymouth, Salem, and Provincetown. These ports have been centers of maritime activity in New England for nearly 400 years. As a result, the sanctuary is a repository for this nation's maritime heritage resources in the form of shipwrecks.


http://www.pilgrim-monument.org

Millions of visitors and generations of local residents have admired and climbed the 252-foot granite Pilgrim Monument for almost 100 years. The Provincetown Museum has expanded its mission to celebrate and explore Provincetown history, and the important part Provincetown has played in American history for nearly 400 years. Through exhibits, programs, and publications, it brings to life the town's vital role as a center of New England's maritime heritage.

www.uconn.edu

There are a couple of groups at the University of Connecticut who have been instrumental in providing this broadcast. First, Marine Sciences Vessel Operations have provided the R/V Connecticut as a research platform for ROV deployment and exploration. Also, UConn's Information Technology Services has assisted in network development and infrastructure support for wireless and web communications.

NOAA's Preserve America Initiative
http://preserveamerica.noaa.gov/

Through his Preserve America executive order (E.O. 13287), President Bush has called on NOAA and other federal agencies to step up efforts to: inventory, preserve, and showcase federally-managed historic and cultural, or "heritage," resources and foster tourism in partnership with local communities.

www.vbrick.com

VBrick Systems, Inc. provides complete solutions that capture live real-time video, store it and then manage the delivery of the video over local area networks and the Internet . VBrick's award winning standards based solutions provide full screen, full motion, DVD quality viewing on network attached PCs, televisions, or PDAs.

www.powerstream.net

For the past five years PowerStream has served a diverse client base—from small startup entrepreneurial companies to some of America's Fortubne 100 corporations.

www.orthogonsystems.com

The company manufactures highly available, highly reliable wireless Ethernet bridges that provide point-to-point broadband connections in environments where conventional solutions can’t operate. Its leading-edge technology enables powerful Non-Line-of-Sight (NLoS) connections, around obstacles and terrain, as well as long-range line-of-site (LoS) connections, with carrier-class reliability.