This repository contains a living list of open-source ocean technologies first compiled for the article "Emerging, Low-Cost Ocean Observing Technologies to Democratize Access to the Ocean".
Citation: Butler, J., and C.M.L.S. Pagniello. 2021. Emerging, low-cost ocean observing technologies to democratize access to the ocean. Pp. 94–95 in Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Documenting Ecosystems, Understanding Environmental Changes, Forecasting Hazards. E.S. Kappel, S.K. Juniper, S. Seeyave, E. Smith, and M. Visbeck, eds, A Supplement to Oceanography 34(4), https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-35.
Have a project that you want to add to this list? Submit an issue.
- Cameras
- Acoustics
- Physical Sensors
- Biological Sensors and Biologging
- Chemical Sensors
- Vehicles
- Buoys and Moorings
- Other
- Resources for Getting Started
PlasPI - 150m rPi Zero-based camera
Gr-Splash Protocol Underwater with GNURadio
Hackaday DIY echosounder recorder
NemoPi: sensor buoy “base station”
Ocean Heart Beat heterogenous sensor network
PULSE: Profiling Underwater Light SEnsor
Arribada New Horizons ARGOS biologging & telemetry tag
OSUG: Open-source underwater glider
Small Autonomous Survey Vessel
SemiAutonomous Submersible Robot
MakerBuoy - Arduino-based open-source drifter & here