A Deep Environmental Sample Processor (Deep-ESP), built with partial support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, has been launched in New Zealand, as a collaboration between Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the Center for Ocean Solutions.  DEEP-ESPs offer a new way to explore the ocean depths to collect and study microbes. To watch ESP_Gordon in action, click here: 

http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/underwater-robot-being-tested-in-nz-4860305