Maker Buoy: Explore the Ocean with Your Own Hi-Tech Message-in-a-Bottle
Maker Faire Bay Area 2026
September 25th-27th
Exhibit
Electronics
Maker Buoy is an open source buoy design that provides low-cost ocean data collection to researchers and educators. Visit the Maker Buoy booth to see how you can build your own device that can help us better understand the ocean.
Wayne Pavalko
Wayne Pavalko is a passionate electronics and hardware tinkerer. After doing some experiments with Arduino and ocean hardware, he found himself supporting the ocean research community with custom technology. Those efforts eventually resulted in Maker Buoy, an open source hardware and software design for ocean exploration.
Categories: Electronics, Education
