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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 45 AXYS Technologies Inc. PO Box 2219, 2045 Mills Road West, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada V8L 3S8 Tel: +250-655-5850; Fax: +250-655-5856 E-mail: jholding@axys.com AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has more than 30 years experience in the design, manufacture and installa- tion of environmental monitoring systems. AXYS provides technical field services to train and support customers in the operation and main- tenance of products. AXYS is a leader in meteorological, oceanographic and water quality data acquisition sys- tems. Its products include the TRI- AXYS Directional Wave Buoy and the Watchman500-based meteoro- logical buoys. Birns, Inc. 1720 Fiske Place, Oxnard, CA 93033 Tel: 805-487-5393; Fax: 805-487-0427 E-mail: service@birns.com • www.birns.com CEO: Eric Brins Founded in 1954, Birns manufac- tures lighting and connector systems for deep-ocean and nuclear use. In addition to the Snooper, Kelvin, Corona and Blackbirn, BIRNS man- ufactures over 40 other types of light- ing products, and six different con- nector ranges. Connectors include Aquamate wet-mateables and Millennium high-density deep-sub- mergence styles. Birns' mission is to provide zero-defect lighting and con- nector products, on time, at value- for-money prices. Birns' Vision is to be the dominant supplier of high- performance lighting and connector systems to the Marine and Military markets, and lighting systems to the nuclear power generating industry. Carrillo Underwater Systems PO Box 6217, Brookings, OR 97415 Tel: 888-728-2226; Fax: 541-469-009 E-mail: robc@carrillounderwater.com www.carrillounderwater.com CUS has been manufacturing C- Lites for more than 15 years, for use in the harshest marine applications. Now special computer designed reflectors enhance the capabilities of the custom made high intensity halo- gen lighting elements. In 1999 CUS introduced a new design for the C- Lite shell. Molding specialists assisted by advanced computer design sys- tems created a compact, more func- tional design without sacrificing any of the necessary design requirements of the C-lites Deep Development Corp. 301-31127 Wheel Ave., Abbotsford, BC V2T 6H1 Canada Deep Development Corp. - USA 446 Harrison Street. Sumas, WA 98295 Tel: 1-604-864-9671; Fax: 1-604-864-8472 http://www.deepdevelopmentcorp.com Managing Director: Tim J. MacFarlane Rugged High Resolution Digital Video Recorder for Feet Wet Applications. • Viperfish MSX (Marine Spec. Xtreme): Designed for top side appli- cations, the Viperfish MSX is a shock and vibration proof digital recorder that converts analog video to digital format. It records high res video (720 x 486 pixels), at full-speed 30 frames/second with zero latency. Viperfish Amphibian: Designed for intense environments, Viperfish Amphibian is a ruggedized all-weath- er, digital video recorder. Viperfish Amphibian converts analog signals to digital format and records non-multi- plexed video up to 640 x 480 pixels to a high capacity hard drive. The digital platform has four video inputs and combines a 1 GHZ host proces- sor board with MPEG 4 compres- sion. Viperfish Deep: Record high resolu- tion video at depths up to 1,000 ft. on a rugged digital platform. Clear, real-time, full-speed, non-multi- plexed video is recorded to a rugged hard drive. This battery operated sub- mersible digital recorder is power self sufficient providing flexibility and reliability for all your underwater recording needs. DeepSea Power & Light 3855 Ruffin Rd. San Diego, CA 92123-1813 Tel: 858-576-1261 Fax: 858-576-0219 E-mail: sales@deepsea.com www.deepsea.com DeepSea Power & Light's growth has it moving to a 36,000 sq. ft. facil- ity just up the road from its current location. The company's new address, as of September 1, 2007, will be: 4033 Ruffin Road San Diego, CA 92123-1817. DeepSea Power & Light has designed and manufactured oceanographic equipment for more than 20 years, including underwater lights, underwater video cameras and batteries. ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) 380 New York St. Redlands, CA 92373-8100 Tel: 909-798-1260 1-2641; Fax: 909-307-3051 E-mail: bshields@esri.com www.esri.com President: Jack Dangermond ESRI has been a leader in the geo- MTR100MTR100MTR100MTR100MTR100MTR100 WEST COAST NORTH AMERICA Technology Blossoms on the West Coast In compiling the MTR100 for this edition, it became increasingly evident that the West Coast of North America — from San Diego, Calif., to Vancouver, BC and all points in between — is a veritable hot-bed for advanced subsea marine technology. An impressive 24 of the 100 companies profiled in this edition hail from the region. MTR#6 (33-48).qxd 7/13/2007 10:35 AM Page 45
