https://pyvideo.org/2026-03-22T00:00:00+00:002026-03-22T00:00:00+00:002026-03-22T00:00:00+00:00Sarah Kaisertag:pyvideo.org,2026-03-22:/pycascades-2026/a-bridge-over-not-troubled-waters-collecting-marine-data-from-your-couch.html

<h3>Description</h3><p>Do you ever have a weird feeling that something around you is off? I certainly do, and one recent recurring thought I have is that the vintage boat I'm helping restore has sunk. I decided to use the tools available to me to put my mind at ease: software …</p>

<h3>Description</h3><p>Do you ever have a weird feeling that something around you is off? I certainly do, and one recent recurring thought I have is that the vintage boat I'm helping restore has sunk. I decided to use the tools available to me to put my mind at ease: software, a soldering iron, and stubbornness. My crewmate and I have built a way to get live data from our boat while on the couch at home at 3 am :) Data is a great way to reduce anxiety, and in this case has also generated a rising tide of interest in marine tech infrastructure. In this talk, we will give you a tour the cool OSS tools I have discovered for collecting telemetry on boats, a specialized marine data collection platform (Signal K), and an MQTT bridge to bring it all into my smart home dashboards on Home Assistant.</p>