A Japanese non-profit group dived to the seabed to film the wreckage left behind by March’s tsunami. A glass sliding door still intact; a Converse shoe; photos… it’s distressing stuff that will tug at your heartstrings. More »
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A Nevada family of scuba divers has prototyped an underwater fort – an anchored air pocket in a net – at the secret location at the bottom of a lake in the Sierras. And it’s been there for three years! More »
Want to take Joel’s advice to heart and learn how to scuba dive? PADI is the place to do it. [PADI]
There are two experiences in life that never fail to give me pause: riding in a plane, looking at the earth and the patterns of nature and civilisation; and strapping a tank of air and diving in the sea. More »
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.
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]
