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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Fábio Nascimento de Carvalho
Claudio Coreixas de Moraes
Vinícius França Machado

1. Introduction

Man has not yet set foot on the ocean to scientific questions or technological
floor, despite having done so on the Moon challenges. All this can focus on the most
more than 50 years ago. Man was able to advanced and innovative technologies, but
travel at speeds greater than the speed of what are the technologies needed for the
sound, both in air and on land, but it is far development of the Blue Economy? The to-
from doing so in water. The marine envi- tally correct answer does not exist, as it de-
ronment is a challenge for existing technol- pends on the desired goals. You can solve a
ogies, whether due to the action of waves, need for monitoring water temperature in an
winds, currents, salinity, great pressures, or aquaculture tank with a sensor for a few tens
other factors that make it extremely hostile. of dollars, but for studies of climate change
Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) made an im- or geophysics of the sea floor, this instrument
portant contribution to the advancement should cost a few thousand dollars.
of knowledge when he proclaimed the im- Strategies that enable and strengthen
portance of measurement and numerical the existence of a creative and competent
expression of results. The Scientific Meth- structure in ocean technology must be part
od highlights the relevance of associating of the precepts of a nation’s State. This
theoretical knowledge with experimental need was recently demonstrated during
techniques for the construction and testing the Covid-19 pandemic, which made ex-
of hypotheses, and the search for answers plicit the importance of holding knowledge

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