Kamran Mohseni envisions a day when the unmanned vehicles in
his laboratory at the University of Florida will swarm over, under and through
hurricanes to help predict the strength and path of the storms.
The tiny, autonomous craft — some fly, others dart under the
waves — can spy on hurricanes at close range without getting blown willy-nilly,
while sensors onboard collect and send in real time the data scientists need to
predict the intensity and trajectory of storms: pressure, temperature,
humidity, location and time.