The 23-year-old inventors hope self-sailing vessel will transform understanding of ocean weather.
London-born Ms Laverack moved to Wales to pursue her ambition of putting her invention to use, and said she believes she is in the best location to make it a success.It's hoped the self-sailing craft can one day replace the thousands of drifting plastic buoys used to gather weather data"People are more likely to help you here, because it's a small community," she said.
She hoped her work would transform industries like shipping and defence that need information about the sea.Image caption,"There are currently over 1,000 drifting buoys out there, but they're unsustainable," she said.
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