I took the red-eye from California to New York’s JFK and then flew on to Raleigh Durham, NC for meetings with iRobot’s maritime design facility. This team is responsible for our Seaglider, a deep-diving unmanned underwater vehicle capable of missions lasting several months and covering thousands of miles. It can be fitted with various sensor packages that collect data on temperature, salinity, ocean currents, contaminants, etc. When it surfaces, this data is transmitted via satellite to scientists on shore and they can send back new diving missions. I spent the day in meetings before flying back to Boston completing an exhausting 2-day, coast-to-coast-to-coast journey.