There is even an iPhone and iPad application to… locate white sharks

You start to know,
The iPhone can have many sometimes surprising uses. Useful and
sometimes the less the possibilities are immense and every day brings are lots of
New.

Today isMarine faunawhich is discussed
And more particularly of the large white shark.

Indeed, an application makes it possible to track the white sharks of
The Pacific Ocean. A good way toreconcile the general public and
research :

A dozen shark was marked in a project with the national channel
Geographical. The objective isobserve the behavior of the animal and
to learn a little more about his eating habits by
example.

The data is transmitted by satellites and allow scientists
to do their job. The novelty is that the general public also access
data collected quickly and simply. The app therefore offers content
wealthy teaching and also takes the opportunity to offer users to
Know the animal better.

Share searches and results with Diphone users
allowsreach an audience much wider than a publication in
A scientific review.A great initiative that has already attracted near
15,000 curious.

We would like to see this happens in other areas as the perspective
Access research on iPhone seems exciting.

For the curious,
The application is available here for € 2.99But the sharks do not swim
That off the Pacific, that is to say far from us.