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Gadgets
All These Worlds Are Yours Except Europa
5:40AM Jesus Diaz | This outwordly image was taken in the Wakulla Springs cave, in the north of Florida. But it could have been taken in the seas of Jupiter’s moon Europa, where NASA plans to send a similar device one day. More »
Peripherals
H2O Audio iDive300 Case Review: iPhone 90 Metres Under The Sea
2:10AM Brian Lam | Our old friend Joel Johnson took an iPhone on a trip the other day…down to 15m underwater on a dive on California’s Channel Islands, using H2o Audio’s iDive300 Case and speakers. More »
Vehicles
The Deep Flight Super Falcon Sub Is A Private Airplane For The Sea
11:30AM Brian Lam | I’d never been envious of Tom Perkins’ giant sailboat, the Maltese Falcon, until it received a deployable submarine in its belly. The sub, called the Deep Flight Super Falcon, is a 6.5m electric vehicle, bringing aerodynamic principles to the sea. More »
Cameras
Liquid Image Scuba Series HD320 Diving Video Mask Is Dumbtastic
10:20AM Jesus Diaz | When I go on my diving vacation at the end of this month, I won’t be bringing this video mask. Why anyone would like to attach dumb headlights to vital diving gear is beyond me. More »
Random Stuff
New York City Water Nightmare is an Underwater Gadget Lover’s Dream
4:00AM Jack Loftus | The tech we see above ground in New York City is undeniably cool, but underground, where the wild things are, things are not going so smoothly. A giant aquifer, completed in 1944, is leaking up to 36 million gallons of water a day. For New Yorkers, who on average use 150 gallons per day, that’s unacceptable. Trouble is, fixing the leak involves some extreme diving, 14 tractor trailer trucks worth of gear, and a 24-foot room that divers will live in for a month, breathing helium. More »
Peripherals
iDive iPod Case and Speakers Are Waterproof Up to 90 Metres
4:30AM Sean Fallon | If you simply can’t go anywhere without listening to your iPod, H2O Audio’s new iDive 300 system will ensure that the tunes keep coming even as your lifeless body sinks into Davy Jones’ locker. Features include a polycarbonate casing that uses a locking cam knob to ensure a watertight seal up to a 90 metre depth, an integrated microprocessor for complete control of touch-screen and click wheel iPods and over ear speakers that can be attached to mask strap or tucked under a dive hood. The iDive retails for $US350 which is steep for a case, but at least H2O Audio has a reputation for making decent products. [H2O Audio via Blast] More »
Random Stuff
What’s It Like To Stand On the Water Cube’s High-Dive Platform?
12:00AM John Mahoney | Full-screen this beautiful high-res panorama cooked up by the New York Times’s top-notch interactive graphics folks and find out. [NY Times via Kottke] More »
Gadgets
Kirby Morgan 57 Risky Diving Helmet Is Zissou-Worthy
6:15AM Jesus Diaz | At US$5,900, the Kirby Morgan 57 Diving Helmet is way out of the budget of most scuba diving lovers and Jacques Costeau-wannabes. But don’t worry because you don’t need one of these underwater wonders unless you want to get down to the pits of hell or dive into biologically contaminated water—like the bottom of a sewage treating tank, shipwrecks with dangerous cargo, public swimming pools, and my bathtub. This is why you need its fiberglass and carbon fibre shell with temperature and electrical charge insulation, defogging valve, ultra-secure latch system, and a quad-valve exhaust system that apparently makes the helmet extremely dry with no breathing performance penalty. Amazing, but—does it have FM radio receiver? That’s what we really want to know. More »
Gadgets
Sea Instrument a Dive Computer Add-On for Posh Divers
1:20AM Addy Dugdale | A dive computer by any other name, the Sea Instrument is a square and (sort of) attractive piece of kit for rich divers. Launched this month by Danish watch designers Linde Werdelin, it clips onto the Biformeter watch and gives you all the info you need while you’re blowing bubbles a hundred feet below the surface. So, it may be nice-looking, but is there anything there that would persuade me to get rid of my Suunto Mosquito, a snip at US$300? More »
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