Waterproof Wrap-Radio
Arriva’s Wrap-Radio looks a bit weird, but I guess it’s a better, and more waterproof, solution than the CapRadio I wrote about before. “No exposed wires increase durability. Flexibility allows for abusive use and...
Category: Gadgets
Stylish Galley Greenhouse
For you liveaboards, this is the way to make sure you have fresh herbs all the time… “Just when you think there is nothing more to invent for the kitchen you find out you...
Rugged Cellphones
When I was going through the log-files of this website I noticed that many people come here searching for rugged cellphones. Fortunately, Siemens unveiled the ruggedised M65 this week. Not sure if it’s really...
AutoPilot+, DARPA’s next Grand Challenge?
A company called Marine Robotic Vessels (MRV) International has developed the Ghost Guard. This brilliantly named vessel (an Unmanned Surface Vessel or USV) uses some technologies that will hopefully be available to all of...
A Very Mobile Radio
Definitely not the most inspiring gadget I have ever seen, but at a price of $20 I’m sure there are people that will see this ‘very mobile radio’ device and conclude that this is...
Cabin Entertainment
The BBC is running a story on the advances of in-car entertainment. It’s not difficult to see how all of this can be applied to yachts as well. Especially the smaller, multi-cabin, boats will...
Seeing Everything Stable, Day or Night
I was reading about Geronimo’s advances into the Roaring Forties in their attempt to break a record and win the Jules Verne Trophy 2004. The article mentioned that Geronimo could not go any further...
Ruggedized digital camera
Yachting World is running a review on ruggedized digital cameras, but here’s a new one from Minolta that should do the trick as well. Although originally developed for the construction business, it is waterproof...
Wireless Underwater Viewing System
In response to the post about Reefmaster’s Digital Dive Camera and my suggestion to ‘Wi-Fi-enable’ it, Joel Johnson made a comment: “I don’t know how well WiFi would transmit through the water — there...
Reefmaster Digital Dive Camera
For those of you that spent a lot of time in the Caribbean, this is a must have assuming that diving is your thing. The only thing I see it’s missing is an underwater...
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