A surface modification technology born from the shared challenge every marine operator faced equally has now reached ecosystem restoration, soil regeneration, and even desert greening.
Ships, aquaculture rafts, power plant cooling systems, underwater infrastructure — barnacles were a problem at every marine worksite. And underneath all of it was another problem: "ocean data barely exists." Solving the barnacle problem was the entry point to making the entire ocean visible.
Barnacles are crustaceans — purifiers of the sea. Darwin spent eight years studying them. The problem is not the organism; it is that we have failed to design coexistence.
So our answer was not to change nature, but to change the surface of materials. The same technology can be used both to repel and to attract adhesion — and this dual nature solves entirely different social challenges.
Technology transferred from dental/medical and rare earth fields. Material surfaces modified using multi-process approach: pressure, plasma, electrochemistry. Patent No. 5963133 and others.
Zero-toxin dual-film treatment prevents barnacle attachment for 6 months. ROV with cavitation water jet removes barnacles without damaging hull or coating. Satellite × IoT aquaculture raft collision prevention DX also in development.
By inverting the surface treatment to the adhesion-promoting side, we developed a biocode that facilitates seagrass root adhesion. Demonstrated in 3 sea zones: Hakodate, Hiroshima, and Ariake. Participating in TV New Hiroshima "Hiroshima Ocean Forest Project."
Modified rice husk (Nano-Husk) creates a scaffold for microbial colonization. World's first simultaneous colonization of 3 bacteria: photosynthetic, actinomycetes, and natto bacteria. 75% reduction in soil preparation time.
Most people who work at sea are sole proprietors. The average annual income of fishermen is around 2 million yen; the average age is approaching 60. The real challenges have piled up in places left out of the innovation market.
Before being technologists, we want to be the "right translators" bridging the language of researchers and the language of fishermen. Based in Hiroshima and Kure — one step at a time, like a slow jog.
A world where people and the ocean keep smiling— SeatecHIROSHIMA
Our demonstration field on Kurashima Island, and our surface modification technology, are right here. All that's missing is your challenge. We welcome inquiries for joint research, demonstration projects, and consulting in marine, agricultural, and infrastructure domains.