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I would love to dive as deep as I want with no decompression.
I would love to dive as deep as I want with no decompression.
Diving Technology: Then, Now and in the Future
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iluvtheocean
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Nice, carbon allotropes. The toxicity of the nanotubes may provide a problem with breathing air, but being 5 times(?) stronger than steel, you could sure punch up the pressure!
that's why i was thinking layers... possibly a steel or aluminum & nanotube laminate. the steel or aluminum providing a safe inner lining with the graphene providing the integrity & strength.
a crazy thought would be to get the same equivalent air as in a std AL80 into something the size of a Spare Air (or maybe a little larger)
then i would actually believe that it would be worth it as a redundant air source.
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I like it! If you could eventually get it down to that size, it would open up a host of possibilities...
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The Newtsuit!
I would love to dive as deep as I want with no decompression.
And if you used iluvtheocean's idea of using graphene layers; you could take-off the hook; it would be light enough to walk with... I'll have to ask Phil about this...
triplecove
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No one has mentioned the incredible improvments in underwater lighting, I just bought a princeton tech Nav pack that the equiv would have cost 1000's when I started diving in the mid 80's
iluvtheocean
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true... triplecove -- think how much a can light like Hog's Morph 1000. the can itself is about the size of a soda can roughly and puts out 1000 lumens with a very good burn time (do a search for the reviews on the board). Physically it's not much bigger than a princeton tech miniwave and your hand is free using the soft goodman handle. a light like this in the 80's would have been huge & heavy & expensive with a short burn time.
hmmm.... since they've come out with a way to make sheets of the graphene -- coat a submarine with it (including the viewports which are part of the vunerability -- and be able to explore the deep bottom of the ocean finally.
hmmm.... since they've come out with a way to make sheets of the graphene -- coat a submarine with it (including the viewports which are part of the vunerability -- and be able to explore the deep bottom of the ocean finally.
I could see the next great innovation in diving being better communication to/fro divers and the boat. Liquivision did something like this with their new computer, but I think the next great revolution would be a dual-chambered FFM that could let water in to one chamber to prevent fogging due to temperature differences.
triplecove
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Here is my 1st dive light I bought it used in 1989, It worked like a charm but it was about as bright as a candle
Improved drysuits, undergarments and drygloves. Multi gas led computer that i can pick my own program. My latest hood is the warmest I've ever owned. I still use my 1993 reg in the pool, and my dad's original xl jets go diving every weekend still. Lights are better, more light less battery.
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triplecove
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Hmmmmm little propeller feet I might like that, just click your heals together, point the tips of your toes and go!!!!!
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