The European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme has awarded a grant valued at 4.5 million Euros to test new wave prediction technology off the coast of Spain. The prediction technology is expected to not only improve the power generation efficiency of wave energy grids, but also provide a framework for the further development of large-scale underwater [...]
Revo (Foothill Ranch, California), an affiliate of the Luxottica Group (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), based in Milan, Italy, has announced that it has become the exclusive eyewear provider for the Plastiki expedition. Revo joins a growing list of high profile corporations involved in the expedition including IWC Schaffhausen, Hewlett-Packard, immarsat, and Kiehls.
Revo’s part in the [...]
Besides preparing the largest solar vessel to circle the globe, PlanetSolar (Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland) is also preparing a mass scale environmental message to go with it. And the message is simple; boats produce six percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, a full 1.4 billion tons a year. And PlanetSolar has the technology to stop it.
As [...]
Technology from Fluid Imaging Technologies (Yarmouth, Maine) and Battelle introduced at the 2010 Ocean Sciences meeting in Portland this week will help marine scientists analyze global warming data much more quickly. The device, called the Submersible FlowCAM, allows for the real time image analysis of algae as well as a wide variety of organisms, cells [...]
Microenergy systems, also known as rapid deployment energy systems, offer a new way to look at energy efficiency, especially if you’re a boater who is concerned about weight.
And that is in terms of watts per pound. This useful number lets you easily get an idea of the ergonomics of an energy system. In fact, that’s [...]
Argos, a worldwide tracking and environmental monitoring program, monitors one of the largest international buoy networks. Over 3000 buoys in this network collect data about the worlds’ ocean and changes in its environment. Although these drifter buoys collect an enormous amount of data, the need for more ocean data and more ocean communications networks grows. [...]
The environmental monitor and sensing market is one of the few markets that continue to grow. Research reports indicate that the market now hovers at around the $10 billion mark with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in the range of 5 percent.
Although the oceanic segment is not one of this market’s largest, it has [...]
As America’s Cup takes place in Valencia, Spain, who will finally win is one of the major questions. Will it be the defender of the cup, a catamaran named Alinghi 5, or the challenger, a trimaran named BMW Oracle USA 17?
The answer will depend on a number of variables. Chance and luck will play a [...]
Wireless energy is the next step forward for informed boaters. Boaters who want a safer boat, a boat that moves quicker and a boat that’s not cluttered, are moving to wireless instrumentation systems, wireless switches and wireless displays. The latest wireless instruments use just a fraction of the power that older ones do, and the [...]
WiFi array technology is the new hardware for the new WiFi networks, and there are many reasons why. WiFi arrays can connect far more WiFi users with higher bandwidth and higher range with much less hardware. And that makes lower cost network solutions possible for connecting cities, harbors, ports, schools and businesses.
Xirrus (Thousand Oaks, CA) [...]