The State Of Fishing Electronics
A short article going back to 1957 when Carl Lowrance invented a small electronic box that flashed instant water depths and possible fish targets, and looking forward to a near future where anglers will...
Yearly Archive: 2004
Wi-Fi For Port Of Amsterdam
Since I am using the Amsterdam waterways quite often this is especially relevant (pdf) to me…. Not sure about the exact coverage area, but would be nice if Amsterdam was to become a giant...
New Rugged LCD Panels From Trident
Some nice new rugged LCD displays from Trident, up to 21.3″, allowing you some great ‘views’ in the cockpit… “All three panels have viewing angles of 170 degrees in both axes, with a virtually...
More Info On Nobeltec’s New InSight Radar 2
Two weeks ago I mentioned Nobeltec’s release of their second generation InSight Radar. Some more info in their newsletter. Looks like a nice package… “The IR2 surpasses traditional radar systems through its use of...
Marina Wi-Fi As It Should Be
Located in Portland, Maine, DiMillo’s Marina at Long Wharf seems to have done everything right when it comes to letting boaters connect to the internet as easy as possible. They even took advantage of...
What’s On Board: Randy Repass’ Convergence
Randy Repass has a new boat, Convergence. If you are the founder of West Marine, the world’s largest retailer of boat accessories, then surely there must be a lot of electronics on board. And...
Solid-state Bluetooth Compass
Although I really think that the ZigBee wireless communications standard is better suited than Bluetooth for use in a marine electronics context, more and more Bluetooth enabled equipment is coming to the market. Elproma’s...
Waterproof Entertainment Trend
I already saw it in my logfiles, but looking at the press-coverage on waterproof MP3 players, I must conclude there is definitely a trend here. Oceanic’s DV-X has been mentioned on this website before,...
Bluetooth-enabled GPS
Lots of ‘gadget’ news today somehow…. A GPS/Bluetooth combination is not something new, but this implementation by Mobile Tracker is quite nice because the device is battery powered as well. Which allows for a...
