New Data Display in Development with Palladium
The International SeaKeepers Society is excited to announce a new partnership with Palladium Technologies, which will create a powerful onboard graphical interface for the SeaKeeper 1000™ ocean and atmospheric monitoring system. As one of the primary suppliers of integrated vessel management systems to the megayacht industry, Palladium will soon incorporate the data collected from the SeaKeeper 1000™ system with the company’s flagship product, the SiMON alarm and monitoring control network.
 Palladium Technologies has developed a leadership position in electronic bridge displays and monitoring systems for the luxury yacht market, and SiMON has won widespread acclaim and acceptance throughout the industry for its depth of integrated monitoring control capabilities, its rich user graphics, and its ease of use. Designed to provide the captain, crew and yacht owner with a real-time view of the status and trends for all shipboard systems and machinery, the SiMON system will soon be able to include information from SeaKeeper 1000™ data sensors. Through this new partnership, Palladium will display SeaKeepers data – such a salinity, surface temperature or wind direction - on its easy to read, visually exciting bridge displays. In addition to the bridge display, a second level display designed for stateroom and/or salon viewing is being created – Palladium is developing graphic interfaces of SeaKeepers data specifically for owners and guests. These interfaces will allow those onboard to “see” the data in far more relevant and educational forms, and to learn additional information as well about the oceans and SeaKeepers’ mission.
“We are so excited that the data collected by the SeaKeeper 1000 will soon be able to be seen and appreciated by guests on board,” said SeaKeepers CEO John Englander. “Anyone, at anytime, will be able to access a beautiful display showing information on the exact ocean temperature, acidity, wind speed, or any number of other data,” he said. To enhance this, SeaKeepers will locate or create supplementary graphical and text content to explain such topics as salinity, acidification, and the interaction of oceans and atmosphere. “One of the most exciting things about this new visual interface is that guests will have a chance to learn something about the oceans, while enjoying the oceans,” Englander said.
This image is an example of how data collected from the SeaKeeper 1000™ system will be displayed. To download a sample pdf file of these displays currently
under development
- click here.
In a latter phase of the new collaboration, Palladium has also agreed to transmit SeaKeepers data over broadband channels
with its remote monitoring feature known as SiMON Anywhere. Upon successful development and testing of this aspect,
it is possible that the current computer box of the SeaKeeper system could be eliminated, creating an even more cost-effective way for the Society to monitor the world’s oceans from vessels employing Palladiums technology.
Additionally, this near real time data transmission will soon mean that all SeaKeepers samples will be accessible by scientists in one minute intervals rather than the 3-hour sample averages presently sent via satellite.
Michael Blake, President of Palladium Technologies, said “Palladium is very proud to be able to support SeaKeepers field of marine research and management. We know that incorporation into our SiMON system will bring a greater awareness - to the guests and crew onboard these yachts - of the value of the data being collected for scientists worldwide. If we can inspire others to participate in this effort, then we can create a bright future, with healthier oceans, for generations to come.” 
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