DEMO: Blue Ocean Gear
Blue Ocean Gear, based in Silicon Valley, develops sensor-rich tracking buoys for ocean-based commercial activity. Our patented and depth-rated Smart Buoy technology allows fishers, aquaculture farmers, and other ocean industries in the remotest of locations to track and monitor data from any hardware anytime, anywhere. Like ‘Find my iPhone’ for nautical equipment, this saves time, recovery costs, and data loss caused by inadequate and hard-to-upgrade equipment at sea. With over 1,000 buoys delivered to customers around North America, our goal is to expand our ocean-based network to allow fishing gear to act as an ocean data platform.
The goal of the hands-on part of the demo is to demonstrate in action the gear presented in the morning session talk. The demo is set at the peer where the Blue Ocean Gear Smart Buoy will be deployed with data transmission to a shore PC presented on a screen. The buoy is then towed away using a boat in order to trigger the automated SMS alert and demonstrate the tracking feature. The demo will conclude in a discussion on how that relates to gear tracking and preventing gear loss and ghost gear.