A startup company in Italy is developing a much less expensive solution for underwater communication than is currently available. They’ve incorporated Raspberry Pi into low-cost alternatives to two critical and costly parts of underwater acoustic communication: the modem and the transducer.
The SubSeaPulse SRL venture is led by Filippo Campagnaro and Michele Zorzi, researchers from the University of Padova in Italy. The pair aims to make underwater communication more accessible. Currently, modems for transmitting and receiving sound signals underwater can cost more than $10,000.
