Shouting sharks 'hunting' plastic waste

The device called Waste Shark - a new invention by scientists who help clean up garbage - is about to go live.

At 38khg, 1.5m long, 0.9m wide, Waste Shark can swim continuously for 16 hours, absorbing nearly half a ton of garbage with just one battery charge.

The device was invented by the Dutch-based technology company RanMarine, hoping for Waste Shark, which can collect garbage on the surface or 30 cm deep in rivers and streams before the wind and the flow bring waste. discharging this into the ocean.

Waste Shark is active during the trial in the Netherlands a year ago.

Waste Shark garbage can include plastic bottles, packaging, or plants that block water like water hyacinths or small hyacinths . The person who uses Waste Shark will control the device via remote or ipad thanks to the GPS navigation system.

In addition, WateShark is also installed with collision avoidance system, laser application estimates the size of objects in front of them to calculate the most reasonable route.

Waste Shark is currently developing the final steps at Dubai Marina, an artificial floating city, after being tested in the Netherlands last year.

"We got the idea from the nature of making a robot that mimics animals that can swim and eat prey with the least cost but the highest efficiency" - Oliver Cunningham, founder of RanMarine explain.

At the same time, WhiteShark installed additional sensors to measure the depth, salinity, temperature, chemical composition, and pH of rivers and streams as a material for scientists.

The company also pledged that the device will not affect animals that live on water environments such as fish and shrimp or birds.