8/5/22 Report - New Robotic Diver Recovers 17th Century Shipwreck Treasure. Whiskey History and Treasure Coast Bottle.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

OceanOne, a new humanoid robotic diver from Stanford, explores a 17th century shipwreck. 
(Image credit: Frederic Osada and Teddy Seguin/DRASSM)

Maiden voyage of Stanford’s humanoid robotic diver recovers treasures from King Louis XIV’s wrecked flagship.

The robot, called OceanOne, is powered by artificial intelligence and haptic feedback systems, allowing human pilots an unprecedented ability to explore the depths of the oceans in high fidelity....

With guidance from a team of skilled deep-sea archaeologists who had studied the site, Khatib, a professor of computer science at Stanford, spotted a grapefruit-size vase. He hovered precisely over the vase, reached out, felt its contours and weight, and stuck a finger inside to get a good grip. He swam over to a recovery basket, gently laid down the vase and shut the lid. Then he stood up and high-fived the dozen archaeologists and engineers who had been crowded around him.

This entire time Khatib had been sitting comfortably in a boat, using a set of joysticks to control OceanOne, a humanoid diving robot outfitted with human vision, haptic force feedback and an artificial brain – in essence, a virtual diver...

The pilot can take control at any moment, but most frequently won’t need to lift a finger. Sensors throughout the robot gauge current and turbulence, automatically activating the thrusters to keep the robot in place. And even as the body moves, quick-firing motors adjust the arms to keep its hands steady as it works. Navigation relies on perception of the environment, from both sensors and cameras, and these data run through smart algorithms that help OceanOne avoid collisions. If it senses that its thrusters won’t slow it down quickly enough, it can quickly brace for impact with its arms, an advantage of a humanoid body build.

Here is the link for more about the robotic diver.

Stanford’s humanoid robotic diver recovers treasures from King Louis XIV’s wrecked flagship | Stanford News

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Archaeologists have returned to the site of the first legal distillery in Speyside to track how whisky went from a black market operation woven into the fabric of Scotland’s rural communities to one of the country’s biggest exports.

Glenlivet: Archaeologists track Scottish whisky story from the black market to global export (msn.com)

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So here is a whiskey bottle with a Scotch history that was found on the Treasure Coast.

John Walker and Sons Whiskey Bottle Found on Treasure Coast.

This bottle reads: John Walker and Sons Ltd,.  Kilmarnock, Scotland.

...It was John’s son, Alexander, who encouraged his father to move into producing his own whisky, and by the 1860s the firm was selling some 100,000 gallons of its own blend a year. It was enough for the firm to open an office in London in 1880.

In 1889 Alexander passed away and the business fell into the hands of his two sons – Alexander and George. Agents were quickly established across the world and word spread of Walker’s Kilmarnock Whisky – the brand was renamed Johnnie Walker in 1908...

Here is the link for more history on the John Walker and Sons whiskey.

John Walker & Sons | Scotch Whisky

See also The Birth of Scotch Drinking in the United States (yahoo.com)

I don't usually keep screw top bottles or bottles that have the Federal prohibitions on resale or reuse, but this was an exception.

The law requires liquor bottles to be embossed with the text, “FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS RESALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE” went into effect in 1935 and was repealed on December 1, 1964.   So you have a good date range for that bottle.

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Whisky, whose name comes from the Gaelic ‘uisge beatha’ meaning ‘water of life’, has been distilled in Scotland for centuries.

The earliest written reference to whisky production dates back to the Scottish Exchequer Rolls of 1494, with the recording of a sale of malt to a Friar John Cor to make ‘aquavitae’ – the Latin for ‘water of life’.

When King James IV visited Inverness 1506 he made two orders for ‘aquavitae to the King’, showing the growing popularity of the intoxicating drink...

Here is that link.

Scottish distilleries: 22 pictures from the 1950s and 1960s of whisky making - including Highland Park, Jura and Glenlivet | The Scotsman

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