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Control systems
The Ile de Batz has all of the normal navigation and engine systems of any large vessel, but with the addition of specialist controls shown here. These are separate from those used for the main navigation and cable-laying functions of the Ile de Batz, and use precision sensors and computers to calculate the strength of the sea and the wind to exactly control the ship's movement during cable deployment.
September 5, 2010 6:00 AM PDT
Photo by: David Meyer/ZDNet UK
| Caption by: David Meyer
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