From Underwater Cables to Undersea Current Power

​This story on The Weather Network surprised and amazed me. Apparently Microsoft and Facebook have teamed put a cable under the Atlantic Ocean from the US to Spain to deliver high speed internet access to Europe. And Google did the same thing under the Pacific Ocean in 2014 in association with some Asian companies. I am surprised that wireless technology still relies on cables, which reminds me of the cable display at the Bamfield Marine Station on the west coast of Vancouver Island which was the western terminus of an undersea telegraph cable built in 1902 that ran all the way across the Pacific Ocean to Australia. This story then took me to a video clip that shows an amazing leap in technology where Microsoft is harnessing undersea currents to power underwater telecommunication centres. It’s very cool how these companies are using their $millions!