Episode 1: The Origin and Vision of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project

In this episode, we are talking about the origins of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship.

This new-generation Mayflower is designed to deepen our understanding of critical issues such as global warming, ocean plastic pollution and marine mammal conservation.

This conversation is less about what the ship is and more about why it was created and where the idea came from. We also get into what it takes to innovate within the understandably risk-averse maritime industry.

We talk to Brett Phaneuf, the Co-Director of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project and Managing Director of MSubs - the company that built the pioneering new autonomous ship. Joining Brett is Eric Aquarone, a systems strategist from IBM, who has been steering this project for IBM since the beginning.

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CREDITS

Hosted and edited by Martyn Gooding

Producer - Ben Toland

Engineer - Ariel Sultan

An IBM production