September 2017ContentsVolume 60 • Number 7Port InsightsA Digital Future12 Ports must upgrade information in 1616the name of security & ef? ciency. By Guy T. Noll, Esri Voices16 Marty KleinThe father of side scan sonar talks ocean observation tech. By Eric HaunVoices24 Frank CobisView from the top of Klein Marine Photo courtesy Paul Kronfeld and Martin Klein / MIT Museum, from the Martin Klein CollectionSystems today. By Eric HaunOcean Observation34 Smarter Robotics30With the robotics revolution in full swing, will AI catch up in the subsea space?By Kira ColeyOcean Observation The “X” Factor34XPrize is at it again, inspiring a new generation of subsea innovation.By Dr. Jyotika I. Virmani, XPrizeSea? oor Engineering Geosphere40The mapping-while-drilling evolution.By Claudio Paschoa504 Editor’s Note6 MarineTechnologyNews.com10 GEO Week 201744 Tech File: CARTHE Drifter48 Tech File: Fish Farming50 Research Vessel Reviews51 Products: Software54 New Products56 People & Company News60 Preview: Oceans 201763 Classi? ed64 Advertiser’s IndexRolls-Royce XPrize2017 September 2 MTRMTR #7 (1-17).indd 2 MTR #7 (1-17).indd 2 8/24/2017 12:23:25 PM8/24/2017 12:23:25 PM