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The Grand Challenge
The grand challenge cleaning up the Pacific Great Garbage Patch by preventing from plastic trash getting in the ocean. A lot of out marine life is being affected by pollution and the animals getting caught in trash we expose. Companies are creating an effective and efficient way to collect the trash using systems they create. This technology will help us have a cleaner ocean and making it a lot safer for marine life.

1. Ocean Cleanup 

There is 1.8 million pieces of trash above water. Ocean Cleanup has found a way to collect as much trash as the can in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The prototype is a 600 meter long floater and a 3 meter deep skirt attached to the floater which helps them create a coast line. The floater has sensors, cameras, anti collision sensors and lights. The sensors will be able to help collect data and show when the machine is full from collecting all the garbage left behind. The technology will be helpful to save marine life and also be a better way to prevent so much plastic and trash. There main goal is to have clean up 50% of the trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This system will be a great invention for the future also the more they make the more its able to help keep our beaches clean.

2. Sea Robots  The "glider' is able to detect the water temperature and also collect date as it sinks in . This technology is a easier way for human to see in deep water . Glider is able to capture photos, collect samples and collect data. Its very efficient that it doesn't use power to go where it needs to go but uses the waves to function. This invention is very useful to gather the information we want especially the glider traveling from place to place and able to track it down when it comes up to update you with what it has collected.

3.High-tech tagging  High-tech tagging is very useful to track animal and see how there doing the ocean. The tagging can collect data and be useful as they go there way from the temperature to their environment. This tag is amazing because it wouldn't matter where the marine animal. Any data collected will be useful to have because not every animal are around the same environment. Also see what is affecting marine life.