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           Competition Seeks New Deep-ocean Exploration Technologies

   by George Putic

   XPRIZE, a U.S.-based nonprofit foundation for global scientific
   challenges, and Royal Dutch Shell plc have launched a $7 million
   competition for breakthrough ocean-exploring technologies. The race
   calls on international teams to develop unmanned underwater vehicles
   for affordable exploring and mapping of the ocean floor to a depth of
   4,000 meters. VOA's George Putic reports.
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