Wehewehe Pōkole:

He hydrophone kikohoʻe kai hohonu ʻo Smurf i hoʻolālā ʻia ma luna o kahi kahua mana haʻahaʻa loa. He liʻiliʻi a lawe lima loa, hiki iā ia ke loaʻa pololei o nā hōʻailona leo wai ma lalo o ka wai a kākoʻo i ka hana kūʻokoʻa lōʻihi. Loaʻa i ka hāmeʻa kahi interface USB wikiwiki no ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana i kahi kamepiula, e ʻae ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepili me ka ʻole o ka pono e wehe i ka hale. Kākoʻo ia i nā hoʻonohonoho array i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke kaula, hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia a hiki i 128 mau mea, me ka pololei o ka synchronization ma mua o 1.μs—e hōʻoia ana ʻaʻole e hōʻiliʻili nā hewa manawa i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa.

Me nā pae walaʻau ponoʻī haʻahaʻa ma mua o Sea State 0, ua hana ʻia kona ʻano titanium alloy kūʻē i ke kaomi no nā wahi kai hohonu a hiki i 6,000 mika. Hoʻolaha nui ʻia i nā anamanaʻo acoustic moana, ka noiʻi ʻepekema kai hohonu, ka bio-tracking, ka nānā ʻana i ka walaʻau kaiapuni, a me nā nānā ʻana i nā puka nui, kū ʻo Smurf ma ke koho mua no ka nānā ʻana i nā leo acoustic kai hohonu lawe lima.