In recent news… A few weeks ago, we launched the latest feature for Umitron Pulse, bringing long-term historical data for coastal areas to our current lineup of multi-parameter environmental data. As mentioned in our earlier announcements, all users can now access up to one month of historical data on mobile apps (iOS and…

This is a translation of a previously published post. The original Japanese version was posted on 2nd November 2021 and may be found here. Introduction In the previous blog, I tried to detect areas with pumice by dividing the area by a rough threshold value. …

This is a translation of a previously published post. The original Japanese version was posted on 28th October 2021 and may be found here. This article is a trial. Please note that the information may not be accurate. Introduction Hello, I’m Jin Miyayama (@jkatagi), a software engineer at Umitron. In August of…

UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter UMITRON) is bringing more satellite data to the aquaculture industry with the roll out of the Pulse iOS application and the kick off of a new project with the Japan Space Forum*. Pulse is a new ocean data service from…

Water behaves in mysterious ways. Fluids are notoriously difficult to understand and model. Hydraulic and ocean engineers know water better than anyone, but still they must use their best guess and judgement to design systems that can withstand the powerful forces of the ocean. We do know that water and…

Blood, sweat, and tears. All of these fluids from our body contain both salt and water. Fish are the same as us and their body fluids also contain salt and water. In an average fish there are 14 grams of salt for every 1 liter of water or 14 parts…

UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter UMITRON) is making it even easier to access ocean environmental data with the release of the Pulse mobile application for Android users this week. Pulse initially launched for aquaculture farmers in late July with the goal of providing a high…

On land we take oxygen for granted, everywhere we go we have access to a near unlimited supply of oxygen to fill our lungs with. The ocean is a much different world where oxygen can be a scarce resource that can disappear in a matter of minutes and take decades…

Each drop of water in the ocean contains life. Plankton, which is made up of algae, bacteria, protozoa and small animals is found from the equator to the poles and from the ocean surface to its darkest depths. …