Artificial Blubber Wetsuit, Interesting

[Resqdivemedic]

Found this article, interesting concept.
'Artificial blubber' to protect divers in icy water - Times of India

 

[eternaljonah]

Super cool, very interesting. Funny that in the middle of summer we find an article about the cold water dives in an Indian magazine

 

[tursiops]

Same topic in https://www.scubaboard.com/community/threads/synthetic-blubber.563038/unread.

 

[Akimbo]

This probably has minimal application for PSDs because they often need protection form chemical and biological hazards afforded by dry suits. Using low thermal-conductivity gasses in drysuits is marginally effective because humidity in the suit increases thermal conductivity far more than the gas can compensate for.