EvoLogics Debuts New Diver Navigation System
new acoustic navigation system for divers. The innovative system facilitates map-based navigation for divers on a mission, offering the flexibility of seamless two-way communication between divers and the dive supervision team, as well as pre-mission and real-time waypoint setup.Much like texting on a smartphone, the system allows a team of divers to exchange short messages with each other and the surface, while also providing real-time tracking of each other’s positions. Map waypoints can be added before or even during the mission to coordinate operations, and mark discovered objects or infrastructure
Indian Fishermen Use Smartphones to Map a Vanishing Way of Life
to stop industry from swallowing life on the lagoon.“I am just a fisherman. I knew nothing about mapping. But I had to learn this so that our livelihoods are not destroyed tomorrow by the government,” said Bharath S. Raji, whose family has trawled Pulicat Lake in Tamil Nadu for generations.Smartphone in hand, Raji navigated the sandy lakeside banks to capture places of special interest - docks, drying areas for nets, shrines to local deities. He pointed out the holes left by the goverment’s latest coastal maps, blank spaces he said are villages brimming with life.With a new government
EIVA's Cloud-Based Thin Client Simplifies Sharing and Viewing of Project Data
the frontend, EIVA siad.According to EIVA, users can manage and share projects with colleagues and end clients easily, simply by sending a link or by defining who can access the project. In NaviSuite Cloud Viewer, anyone you give access to can open the project in a browser on their computer, tablet or smartphone."NaviSuite Cloud Viewer is available as a yearly licence, with three plans priced according to disk usage (50, 200 and 500 GB). This release is a first step, with more extensive features to be provided in future variants of NaviSuite Cloud," EIVA said.Viewing a NaviSuite Project on a
Lander Lab #4: Underwater Releases
for a predetermined time-until-release (TUR). The hours and minutes are calculated from a specific start time until the release function should begin. Carefully calculate elapsed time, and make good log entries of expected release time, programmed elapsed time, and actual start time. Smartphone pictures will help. Add 10 minutes for the burnwire corrosion, plus 1m/sec rise time for an approximate time when the lander will break the surface.The SubSeaSonics TR-45 is the only commercially available underwater timer release I am aware of. The release unit contains a microcomputer
Smartphone App Aims to Help Commercial Fishing Reduce Bycatch
A new smartphone app created in the U.K. enables the fishing industry to report accidental wildlife catch (bycatch) alongside standard catch reporting and will help to record bycatch of important marine species such as dolphins and porpoises, seals, seabirds, sharks, skates and rays.The app's developer, AST Marine Sciences Limited, part of Applied Satellite Technology Ltd, says it hopes the technology will be used by scientists and the fishing industry to help understand which wildlife species are more likely to be caught accidentally and to reduce instances of bycatch overall.According to AST
ADCPs & DVLs: Recent Tech Developments
Seeking to improve the efficiency of operations and decrease the cost of current measurements they recently introduced the ECO platform. ECO, Nortek’s mini-ADCP for shallow water profiling was announced for sale in late 2019. It features a handheld, wirelessly charged 1MHz ADCP, programmed with a smartphone app. Data processing and quality assurance is provided through an automatic cloud-based service. In addition to these adaptations for the instrument itself Nortek took the development one step further and designed a compact buoy and timed-release system to simplify deployment in shallow waters
OceanObs’19: Innovation Expanding Ocean Observations
the cost, or add new observations that were not previously possible.” Their solution was the ECO platform. ECO, Nortek’s mini-ADCP for shallow water profiling will be available for sale in the Fall of 2019 and features a handheld, wirelessly charged 1MHz ADCP, programmed with a simple smartphone app with automatic cloud data processing and QA/QC. Nortek took the development one step further and designed a simple buoy and timed-release system to simplify deployment in shallow areasThese industry developments were well aligned with remarks in the innovation plenary, which included presentations
NORBIT DCT – Hydrographic Survey Made Easy
aimed to simplify the standard bathymetry survey operations. The general bathymetry grid is dis-played in a web browser allowing quick estimation of the coverage and data quality in real-time while running the survey.DCT can be operated with a simple touch screen of the navigation plotter, tablet, smartphone or PC by a single person. By reducing the amount of configuration required by the user the real-estate on the screen is maximized allowing for a clear, precise and easy way to understand the interface. With a simple Start/Stop button the user can acquire the needed data which are then recorded
First Ex-certified Portable Infrared and HD Camera
hazardous areas.With the Cube 800, the Pepperl+Fuchs brand ecom is launching the first portable and explosion-proof infrared and HD video camera for Zone 1/21 and Div. 1. ecom developed and distributes the Cube 800 in cooperation with Librestream.In combination with the intrinsically safe ecom smartphone series Smart-Ex or tablet series Tab-Ex, workers can remotely control the camera, view HD video and thermal imaging, or capture and annotate pictures or recordings from a safe distance in real-time. Critical areas on the plant can thus be identified much quicker and repair measures initiated immediately
February 2024
