From OpenROV to OceanXplorers
Maker Faire Bay Area 2024
October 18th-20th
Eric Stackpole, original designer of the OpenROV underwater exploration drone, co-founder of Sofar Ocean -- which connects the world's oceans to power a more sustainable future -- and co-star of National Geographic's OceanXplorers will share his experience in creating technology to explore the planet's unseen places.
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Eric Stackpole
Eric Stackpole is a Co-Founder and the original designer of OpenROV now SoFar Ocean. Prior to OpenROV, he worked part-time for NASA at the Ames Research Center and studied mechatronics at Santa Clara University. An Exploration Technology Innovator, he is currently co-starring on the National Geographic show OceanXplorers.