Sponsor the next 10 miles
Like adopt-a-highway, for the ocean. Your name on the live map while the Nautilus cleans your stretch.
Sponsor miles →Follow the Nautilus
A live map and HD video from the drone, plus counters for every pound and net. Coming with Phase One.
See the app →Build it with us
Engineers, marine scientists, student teams and video makers: Phase One needs you.
Join the crew →Back the prototype
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Adopt-an-ocean-mile
Sponsor the next 10 miles.
Like the adopt-a-highway signs, for the ocean: “The next 10 miles cleaned by the Nautilus are sponsored by…” your name, while the drone covers your stretch.
- One mile from $25Families, birthdays, memorials. A gift mile with a certificate and your name on the map.
- Ten miles from $250Small businesses. Your company on the live map and in the app while the Nautilus works your stretch.
- A whole mission from $5,000Corporate partners. Your logo on the drone itself and a filmed mission report.
Planning prices. Reserve now and nothing is charged until Phase One is in the water.
Reserve your milesComing with Phase One
Follow the Nautilus.
Watch the drone work, live. The app will show where every Nautilus is right now, what it collected today, and its track, with the sponsor of each stretch on the map.
- Live map with every drone, every bale and every sponsored mile
- HD video from the front and rear cameras
- Counters: pounds collected, ghost nets mapped, miles covered, animals returned
- Supporters get mission updates and behind-the-scenes video
Wear the mission
Mugs, shirts, caps, and one day, pens made from ocean plastic.
The store opens with the first fundraiser. One day, if our recycling partner can make it work, we'd like to sell things made from the plastic the Nautilus recovers, each stamped with the number of the bale it came from.
Build it with us
Who we're looking for.
University teams
Ocean, mechanical and electrical engineering capstone teams to design and build the Phase One prototype.
Engineers
Underwater robotics, sonar, batteries and tethers, embedded software and cameras.
Marine scientists
Help us measure and keep bycatch as close to zero as we can, and put the ocean data to work.
Harbors and recyclers
A calm test harbor for the first mission, and a recycler to take the bales.
Storytellers
Video makers and creators to film the build and the first mission.
Sponsors
Companies that want their name on a mile of cleaner ocean, or on the drone itself.
Join the crew
Be there when the first Nautilus goes in the water.
Get project news a few times a year: the prototype, the first missions, and the day fundraising opens. Or tell us how you'd like to help. We read every message.