So whats the future???????????????

[saying]

I think more immediately that nanoprobes that will devour in vitro nitrogen will be wrist computers that perform their own doppler tests or something at, say, 10 second intervals that will actually monitor actual nitrogen content of your actual body, instead of relying on some arcane algorithyms.

 

[yoda4x4]

I would tend to think that rebreathers will become commonplace in the scuba marketplace. However, I would think it would pretty cool if there was a device that allowed you to descend/ascend without having to equalize your ears. That'll be cool!

David

 

[glbirch]

I think Biotech is more than 20 years of, same goes for Nanotech

Don't know about Nanotechnology, but I suspect that if someone had the money and desire, a Nitrogen fixing bacterium would be a lot closer than 20 years. We've got a lot of the DNA sequences. We've made bacteria that will eat petroleum and are working on a version that will consume PCB's, not to mention one that will go after Uranium. We've modified baker's yeast to eat vegetable oil and produce useful byproducts in the process. So why not tailor something that will convert excess nitrogen in our blood into something else that will be flushed harmlessly.

 

[salty]

Its good to see everybody having a go at something new -Titaniunm,HUBs,Airlock,Redundant Air Source (I dare not mention the word PONY, Opps, Sorry Uncle Pug )-Higher Working tank pressure, Etc Etc.
But what will we be discussing in 20 years time. One thing is for sure, Scuba is becoming a much more mainstream hobby, this means more people, which means big bucks for the manufactures. :frown2: This means more investment in technology.

For my 2 pence worth, In 20 years Rebreathers will be the mainstay of recreational diving, complete computer intergration, disposable CO2 scrubbers you pick up at your LDS, Heads up displays built into fullface masks all with intergrated coms, you'll probably be able to text from underwater :dropmouth




This is not desgined to wind people up!!!
I would love to here the views of the older AND MUCH WISER members of this bored as well as the younger members, things have changed over the past 20 years and they will over the next, but how????

If this is the wave of the future I think that in 20 years I will have sold all my gear and only freedive.

 

[Paul Evans]

What about this, FORGET AIR, breath a fluid, its been done, no i'am not kiding, I can't remember what the fluid is called, but its been done in the lab with mice, that was quiet a while ago, anybody got anymore info???

But seriously back to the main point, excluding Bio or Nano were are we going??

 

[neil]

...........

As for NASA, thermal underware???

The most significant advance in gear, IMO, would be non-buoyant insulation.

Neil

 

[Paul Evans]

Is this not the same thing??

 

[JimC]

Not only has it been done in a lab with mice, but its been done to humans.
In 1960's DR J. Kylstra in Buffalo breformed experiments with mice. The mice survived for up to 18 hours breathing the liquid untill they died from co2 buildup from work of breathing.

In 1966, Dr Clark modified the liquid and managed to push that up to 20 hours, and have mice survive for weeks after being removed.

In the 90's dogs were keeped alive on fluid for up to 2 hours, with full and complete recovery within a week.

Today this technology has been used on premature infants, saving 5 of the 13 on the first human test from death. The FDA has fast tracked the reasearch and within a few years it should be a much more common procedure for burn victims and premature infants with breathing issues.

What about this, FORGET AIR, breath a fluid, its been done, no i'am not kiding, I can't remember what the fluid is called, but its been done in the lab with mice, that was quiet a while ago, anybody got anymore info???

But seriously back to the main point, excluding Bio or Nano were are we going??

 

[voop]

I would tend to think that rebreathers will become commonplace in the scuba marketplace. However, I would think it would pretty cool if there was a device that allowed you to descend/ascend without having to equalize your ears. That'll be cool!

David

I think that exists already, David......isn't that what they call a submarine?

 

[Paul Evans]

Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!