Electronics

Rosetti Superyachts aims to adapt remote-control technology for use on private yachts.

Advanced cooled thermal camera enhances long-range target visibility

Kymeta's flat-panel satellite antenna adds visual aesthetics and dependability.

Team Italia brings high-performance aircraft technology to a wheelhouse near you

In addition to standard media entertainment presented through IMAX technology, yacht cinemas of the future will feature live video feeds of fish and other underwater life outside the yacht.

What's got designers and technology experts alike buzzing about OLED?

The award-winning MyBoatShow app is free and super useful. Want to find your way easier around the docks at Bahia Mar, Las Olas Marina and Hall of Fame Marina? Go to your favorite app store to install. The boat is available for both iPhone and Android phones.

Especially for those who spend a lot of time on the water, the danger of losing your phone or mobile device to the deep is very real. Waterproof bags and cases have been developed in recent years, but what’s on the horizon is more than that.

Touch has become a near-universal interface. Marine electronics companies are responding both by extending system monitoring and control to mobile devices such as iPads and by bringing touchscreen gestures to a yacht’s dedicated systems screens.

Get where you're going safer with a new update from Navionics and, once you get there, try out a new product from Nocqua that will light up your night.

Claudio Ballard, an inventor and CEO of VEEDIMS, believes this venture can change a lot about power distribution and management. It’s hard to argue with this polished and convincing advocate of a technology that is beautiful in its apparent simplicity.

Check out the new tech from Raymarine, ComNav, and FLIR as well as an app that might make maintaining your yacht a whole lot simpler.

For most exhibitors, the Miami International Boat Show offers a venue to showcase their most beautiful and fantastic new products to avid boat lovers from around the world. However, Dave Hall of Silicon Valley’s Velodyne Marine came with a different goal in mind.

Plotting the best way to get where you're going is almost as important as what to do when you get there. In this issue, we have companies who may be able to help you with both!

Audio integration, satellite tracking, navigation, connectivity, this issue has it all. Check out some of the latest from Garmin, Fusion Electronics, LinkScape, Navionics and more.

After several years of development, US-based marine electronics manufacturer FarSounder has introduced its new generation of navigation sonars at the 2012 Monaco Yacht Show—the FarSounder-500 (able to detect target 500 meters away) and FarSounder-1000 (for targets 1000 meters away).

At the Monaco Yacht Show in September, Thomas Mercer revisited its history. In conjunction with Andrew Winch Design, the 130-year-old company launched the stunning Thomas Mercer “Classis” clock. Classis (Latin for fleet) makes reference to the history of navigation’s most important voyages of discovery.

Several leading security experts have questioned whether superyacht shipyards are taking maritime security seriously enough when recommending the specification of new build projects. Furthermore, they state that little is being done to ensure the appropriate systems are in place to help guarantee safety on board in the future, following recent reports that the global piracy situation remains highly problematic.

Check out some news and new additions from some cutting edge companies. Lantic Entertainment now offers a way to streamline your HD onboard entertainment system, Raymarine shows off their gyro-stabilized thermal night vision camera, and Kannad Marine announces the FCC approval on a device that might save your life.

If you're looking for the next advancement, from Raymarine, wait no longer. Also, in this issue see FLIR's new high-res thermal night vision unit with color camera, an affordable weather monitoring system, and how Perini Navi is reaching out to captains and crew.