For what it's worth, I don't how the webinar will compare, but I saw an
in-person version of this same presentation at a UT Grotto meeting awhile back,
and it was very impressive. Certainly one of the best caving related
presentations I've seen.
----- Original Message -----
From: R D Milhollin
To: Cowtown Grotto e-mail list
Cc: Allcavers List
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 2:29 PM
Subject: [Cowtown] Fw: [Texascavers] Your Webinar Invitation: Join us for
"Caving robot conquers the deepest sinkhole in the world"
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Geary Schindel <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org>
To: "Texascavers@Texascavers.Com" <texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 2:14 PM
Subject: [Texascavers] Your Webinar Invitation: Join us for "Caving robot
conquers the deepest sinkhole in the world"
Folks, we are pleased to announce a test run of the first NSS Webinar. We are
asking the Utah and Texas caving community to participate in the first NSS
webinar as a trial run for future webinars. Space is limited to 100 people.
We would like to have sufficient number of people attend the webinar to get
good feedback but there is not space in our webinar account yet for more than
100 people to attend at this time so sign up early. Thanks to Debbie Spoons
from Utah for organizing this along with Dr. Marcus Gary for agreeing to make
the presentation. Also, R.D. Milholin and Aaron Bird for serving on the webinar
committee. We will also be looking for sponsors for the webinars as we expect
our costs to range around $1,000 if we stick with the 100 person limit and
$3,000 for the 500 person limit per year. In addition, we will be able to
record each webinar for future download. If you have ideas about future
presenters or subjects, please us know and we’ll try to arrange it. Webinars
can be offered as frequently as the webinar committee has time and willing
presenters.
Thanks, and please make sure that you give us some feedback on the webinar.
Geary Schindel,
NSS AVP
Caving robot conquers the deepest sinkhole in the world
Join us for a Webinar on May 7
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/555781727
Please join us for the first NSS Webinar.
Marcus Gary, Ph.D., P.G. will be talking about
his work with “DEPTHX” an underwater caving robot. This robot is designed to
“think for itself” while it explores and maps, in 3D, deep underwater caves
that are inaccessible to people.
“DEPTHX” was able to successfully map the lower
portion and bottom of the world's deepest water-filled sinkhole, “Cenote
Zacatón”, in Mexico. Because of its great depth (over 1,000 feet [300 m]),
human divers had failed to reach, or even detect with sonar instruments, the
bottom of this sinkhole.
Come and enjoy this presentation about a very
unique “Robot caving trip”.
Title: Caving robot conquers the deepest
sinkhole in the world
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM CDT
After registering you will receive a
confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer
