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Ashtead Technology completes first significant subsea monitoring project using LUMA™ modems
International subsea equipment rental and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has successfully completed its first significant subsea...
Mar 31, 20222 min read


Hydromea launches a new underwater wireless optical modem LUMA X-UV
Hydromea is launching its new patent-pending subsea wireless communication modem LUMA X-UV. The LUMA X-UV can beam data at up to 10...
Mar 14, 20222 min read


Hydromea successfully trials its wireless ROV system at TotalEnergies offshore site in the North Sea
01 February 2022 - Renens, Switzerland – Hydromea successfully trialed EXRAY, its wireless underwater ROV system, within a full ballast...
Feb 1, 20222 min read


Ashtead Technology enters into a global partnership with Hydromea
Ashtead Technology enters into a global partnership with Hydromea International subsea equipment solutions specialist Ashtead Technology...
Jun 28, 20213 min read


Hydromea unveils the world’s first wireless compact underwater drone providing live HD video feedbac
11 May 2021 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Hydromea unveiled the prototype of world’s first wireless underwater drone in a pool demo today....
May 11, 20212 min read


Swiss Underwater Robotics Start-Up Secures an Industry Grant in a Project With TOTAL E&P UK
October 15, 2020 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Hydromea, a Lausanne-based EPFL start-up is awarded undisclosed grant funding from...
Oct 14, 20203 min read


Hydromea launches the most advanced wireless underwater optical modem LUMA X – the future in a
October 8, 2020 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Hydromea is launching its new patent-pending subsea wireless communication modem LUMA X. The...
Oct 9, 20202 min read


Hydromea trials optical communication with EPFL for lake research
Today Hydromea is front and center of the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (EPFL) web site. EPFL’s start page on 22.9.2020 The occasion is...
Sep 22, 20201 min read


Hydromea is top 100 Marine Technology Company
Hydromea continues to be in the top 100 Marine Technology companies in 2020 according to Marine Technology Reporter that has just been...
Aug 21, 20201 min read


ECO magazine rates Hydromea a TOP 10 Ocean Influencer
ECO magazine rewarded Hydromea for their successful LUMA modem by awarding them a spot in the “Innovation” category. Click here for a...
Dec 12, 20191 min read


Subsea Tech’s “March of Miniaturization”
From 1 to 3 October 2019 the Underwater Intervention Drone Technology Demonstration took place in Tau near Stavanger, Norway. Many of the...
Dec 11, 20191 min read


Swiss Tech Start-Up Secures funding for Innovative Underwater Drone
A Lausanne-based start-up has secured private investor funding to boost the development of their products, including a high-tech...
Nov 12, 20192 min read


AGEFI features Hydromea
AGEFI, the leading business publication of Western Switzerland featured Hydromea in their 16 October 2019 print issue as well as one...
Nov 11, 20191 min read


Hydromea’s LUMA modems featured in the newest UT3 issue
The newest issue of the always excellent UT3 Magazine focuses on subsea communication and features the LUMA optical nodes on pages 53...
Nov 1, 20191 min read


Hydromea’s LUMA wireless nodes successfully support Germany’s AWI/MPI in the Pacific at
During a recent science cruise, Germany’s oceanographic research institutes successfully used Hydromea’s LUMA 250LP wireless node in...
Aug 22, 20191 min read


Hydromea pioneers subsea access with portable underwater robotics and through-water wireless communi
Hydromea is at the end of an exciting journey at TechX, the top energy accelerator based in Aberdeen, hosted by the Oil & Gas Technology...
Aug 20, 20192 min read


Our CTO Felix Schill presents at “Leonardo at 500” in the British Library
On 26 July 2019 our CTO Felix Schill gave a presentation on “How will robotics shape the future of Ocean Exploration?”. The presentation...
Aug 14, 20191 min read


Hydromea launches the new LUMA 500ER, the future in affordable high-speed, wireless subsea connectiv
9 April 2019 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Hydromea is unveiling its new subsea wireless communication node LUMA 500ER at Ocean Business 2019...
Apr 9, 20191 min read


Hydromea’s LUMA wireless system provides real-time data during the installation of a wellhead founda
Hydromea’s LUMA, a wireless high-speed underwater communication system, was successfully deployed by Rever Offshore during an...
Apr 2, 20191 min read
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