New Diver Technologies are Slow to Evolve
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Missdirected
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Woah, pass me one of those!
Painfully slow .. much like aircraft.. but you are now seeing some really advanced products becoming common from manufacturers, after years of refinements of the same old thing
Scuba is like that .. when the technology gets cheap enough, with more and more innovation , and if the reliability is proven, you will see the advanced concepts become commonplace
.. You know what you have left over after splitting H20 to get that hydrogen for your new fuel cell or hydrogen fueled car? .. what if you could do that to sea water? cheaply? and on the fly? Now that would truly be S.C.U.B.A.
Oh and that money stays right here on earth, not one dollar gets sent into space
... money spent on exploration and research, is money well spent and is returned multiple times over in the future ...
Scuba is like that .. when the technology gets cheap enough, with more and more innovation , and if the reliability is proven, you will see the advanced concepts become commonplace
.. You know what you have left over after splitting H20 to get that hydrogen for your new fuel cell or hydrogen fueled car? .. what if you could do that to sea water? cheaply? and on the fly? Now that would truly be S.C.U.B.A.
Oh and that money stays right here on earth, not one dollar gets sent into space
... money spent on exploration and research, is money well spent and is returned multiple times over in the future ...
I wouldn't really put compressors in the "diving technology" catagory but the power supply issue is largly one of electric motor technology...and just plain physics.
Why? For diving in temperate waters aluminum is on the light side which is one reason wht we still use steel tanks. A light weight tank is nice on land but it just means that you need to wear more weight when diving...but that needs to be hauled around on land also.
We get all that and more from a dry suit.
Better batteries are always good but there again, the last thing I want is a buoyant canister.
Why not better motors?
Why does the tank have to be heavy? ... to counter the effects of the exposure protection
Why not a wetsuit thats no thicker than a skin but keeps you warm?
Why does the battery cannister not shrink to the size of a cell phone? (fuel cells for phones are already here)
think outside the box
Why does the tank have to be heavy? ... to counter the effects of the exposure protection
Why not a wetsuit thats no thicker than a skin but keeps you warm?
Why does the battery cannister not shrink to the size of a cell phone? (fuel cells for phones are already here)
think outside the box
jimdiverman
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All for only $78 million....
vshearer
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Where's my underwater I-POD?
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Personally, I'm glad advancements in diving equipment don't move too fast.
It used to be, when you purchased a household appliance or electronics, you counted on it lasting for years. There used to be lots of TV repairman, but now they are all gone. Things change and evolve and improve so fast these days, that electronics are manufactured to be replaced, not repaired.
Let me assure you, the cell phone you own today will not be the one you will own in 5 years.
But a good regulator can still be with you 5, even 10 years form now. Scuba is still an industry that hasn't incorporated designed obsolescence, and I like it that way.
In a world that's ever increasing consumer-base momentum carries us into continuous upgrading and replacement, I am content to see scuba diving technologies remain more stable.
It used to be, when you purchased a household appliance or electronics, you counted on it lasting for years. There used to be lots of TV repairman, but now they are all gone. Things change and evolve and improve so fast these days, that electronics are manufactured to be replaced, not repaired.
Let me assure you, the cell phone you own today will not be the one you will own in 5 years.
But a good regulator can still be with you 5, even 10 years form now. Scuba is still an industry that hasn't incorporated designed obsolescence, and I like it that way.
In a world that's ever increasing consumer-base momentum carries us into continuous upgrading and replacement, I am content to see scuba diving technologies remain more stable.
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vondo
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Every single one of these, aside from the first (which I can't really speculate on), would need advances not from scuba manufacturers but from material science or something. A light like you describe would generate billions in revenue for light and battery manufacturers for the basic technology. Ditto on the wetsuit and probably the tank, although I don't know what could be done with some sort of titanium/carbon fiber/composite tank.
In other words, it's not innovation in the (comparatively paltry) dive industry that's "holding up" this kind of gear, but basic material science.
Oh and that money stays right here on earth, not one dollar gets sent into space
... money spent on exploration and research, is money well spent and is returned multiple times over in the future ...
Very true. But compare the amount of cash or credit spent on the space programs vs anything to do with exploring the oceans.
Those that think they want lighter tanks can have them now. There are very HP light weight tanks we can use. BUT now you need a much heavier weight belt. Unless of course you get an ultra light set of weights.
Gary D.
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