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 [http://www4.gotomeeting.com/g2w/images/555781727/369495491506088562/embed.jpg] Caving robot conquers the deepest sinkhole in the world Join us for a Webinar on May 7 [http://img.gotomeeting.com/g2mimages/webinar/themes/basic/button_registerNow.gif]<https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/555781727> 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 [http://www4.gotomeeting.com/g2w/images/555781727/359021838487642527/embed.jpg]
