Launch of the Pulse iOS Application and new project with the Japan Space Forum.

Singapore and Japan based deeptech company 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 Umitron that provides a high-resolution map of critical  environmental parameters such as water temperature, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and wave height. The iOS application launch completes Umitron’s roll out of Pulse after the initial launch of Pulse for desktop computers in July followed by the Android application release in November. 

As Pulse’s user base has grown there has been positive feedback from farmers growing a variety of species in regions around the world. When asked about how Pulse is helping improve farm operations Gary Zippel of Zippel’s Smoky Bay Oysters in South Australia replied “Temperature data helps me make management decisions about grading, and over time I will align outcomes with the data to make other management decisions”. Fish farmers are also benefiting from the data provided by Pulse, Hyodo-suisan in Ehime, Japan has been using Pulse to monitor their red sea bream farm, they recently shared that “We check and record the temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity values displayed on Umitron Pulse daily. Until now, we have been using a sensor to manually check each water quality parameter individually. Compared to the old operation, Pulse has made processing data much easier and faster and not dependent on the weather or any equipment”. They also added “being able to visualize a wide area rather than a single point for important parameters such as  chlorophyll and wave height is extremely useful for understanding our farm site’s environment more deeply. We think Pulse has the power to appeal to many farmers. We hope that it will continue to improve and contribute to the development of the aquaculture industry”.

Umitron has also recently been awarded a business demonstration grant from the Japan Space Forum and its “Open and free satellite data demonstration program”. Umitron will work with  yellowtail farmers in Oita, Japan to provide ocean data and analysis by combining satellite remote sensing data with multi-spectrum camera observations provided by local sensors. The project aims to determine how camera sensors near the farm can be integrated with satellite-based sensors in outer space to improve data accuracy and resolution. www.pulse.umitron.com