Private Companies

Key points Jason Gillham, CTO/COO and co-founder of Impossible Metals, shows the company’s first buoyancy engine prototype, built from a Nalgene bottle, a bike pump, and tubing. The bike pump fed air into the bottle while a tube at the bottom fed water in, letting the team test early…

Key points ReElement Technologies VP Shane Tragethon describes a chromatographic, resin-column refining process for deep-sea nodules, ores, brines and recycled materials that avoids organic solvents and produces salt as its main byproduct. ReElement already refines nickel, cobalt and…

Key points Smart Hook One is a modified Seymour Mako ROV, fitted with extra thrusters for speed and a large battery housing at the front so it can operate autonomously without power from the surface. The vehicle uses an onboard smart camera and blue robotics lights to locate and dock with…