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One of the questions we get asked all the time is "Why Jupiter"?
Joe Rizzi, the founder of JRF, was captivated by the amazing song of the humpback whale the first time he heard it while snorkeling off Puako, Hawaii. Shortly thereafter, along with a few colleagues, he started a nonprofit research foundation with the idea that when new technologies were discovered that have substantial and unique commercial or scientific applications, independent corporations could be created to carry these technologies forward. Since it all started by listening to whales, he named it Jupiter, which has a two-fold meaning: Jupiter Whale is a term for one of several finback whales of the North Atlantic, it stems from Jubartas, a noun meaning Giant or Humpbacked. Jupiter also being the largest planet in the solar system with many moons is a metaphor for the nonprofit entity with potentially many research projects.
Jupiter has been moving away from using moored CetaBuoys to broadcast the whale song to developing the use of an autonomous station keeping vehicle called the Wave Glider. As we acquire new Wave Glider command and control systems we name them after Jupiter's moons: Io and Callisto, Thebe, Arche, Karpo, Metis, Leda, Kalē and Europa our new Wave Glider SV3. For our movie see "The Whale Sings."
Beth tests humpback whale song off of a Wave Glider
For more information, please contact us at info@jupiterfoundation.org