Diving equipment - 10 years from now

Anyone care to speculate on what equipment will be available for sports
divers 10 years from now?

Rebreathers for everybody - or is that still far in the future?

Full face masks so that people can communicate by voice?

Any other high tech stuff on the horizon?

The Thunder Child wrote:

> Anyone care to speculate on what equipment will be available for sports
> divers 10 years from now?
>
> Rebreathers for everybody - or is that still far in the future?

Available now. Just buy one.
>
> Full face masks so that people can communicate by voice?

All you need is a two hose reg, or a rebreather, and be
close to your partner.

> Any other high tech stuff on the horizon?

Teakettles with LCD-screen, to make it easier to the DMs.

Matthias

I see I didn't make myself clear. Let me try again.

> Rebreathers for everybody - or is that still far in the future?

Available now. Just buy one.
----------AFFORDABLE rebreathers for everyone. Regular scuba phased
out?


> Full face masks so that people can communicate by voice?
All you need is a two hose reg, or a rebreather, and be close to your
partner.
------------AFFORDABLE full face masks so that people can communicate
by voice without being close to your partner?

> Any other high tech stuff on the horizon?

Teakettles with LCD-screen, to make it easier to the DMs.

Besides this?

"The Thunder Child" <thethunderchild@omnivoreink.com> wrote in message
news:1140042381.171404.231870@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I see I didn't make myself clear. Let me try again.
>
>> Rebreathers for everybody - or is that still far in the future?
>
> Available now. Just buy one.

> ----------AFFORDABLE rebreathers for everyone. Regular scuba phased
> out?

That would assume such a distinct advantage over rebreathers.

It doesn't exist now.

Your question is a little Jules Verne like.

At this point in their development, rebreathers are getting a little
lethal.

Maybe when you get to the James Bond thing-in-the-mouth point, it would be
cool.

>> Full face masks so that people can communicate by voice?
> All you need is a two hose reg, or a rebreather, and be close to your
> partner.

> ------------AFFORDABLE full face masks so that people can communicate
> by voice without being close to your partner?

Nah, many of us dive to shut other up.

The last thing we want is the chatter.

>> Any other high tech stuff on the horizon?
>
> Teakettles with LCD-screen, to make it easier to the DMs.
>
> Besides this?

Wrist mounted device that monitors actual fizz level with magnetic
resonance or some shit through the wrist.

The Thunder Child wrote:
> I see I didn't make myself clear. Let me try again.
>
>
>>Rebreathers for everybody - or is that still far in the future?
>
>
> Available now. Just buy one.
> ----------AFFORDABLE rebreathers for everyone. Regular scuba phased
> out?
>
>
>
>>Full face masks so that people can communicate by voice?
>
> All you need is a two hose reg, or a rebreather, and be close to your
> partner.
> ------------AFFORDABLE full face masks so that people can communicate
> by voice without being close to your partner?
>
>
>>Any other high tech stuff on the horizon?
>
>
> Teakettles with LCD-screen, to make it easier to the DMs.
>
> Besides this?
>
>
The point of the other responders is this: scuba gear has
changed very little over the past 20 years, with the exception
of the digital dive computer, and will change very little over
the coming 10 years, for the simple reason that a stasis has
been reached between practicality and cost.

This is not the first time this has happened in diving history:
surface supply standard dress diving developed very rapidly from
the 1830s to the 1850s, then remained virtually unchanged
(except for replacement of man-powered pumps with engine-powered
pumps) for 90 years.

Practical rebreathers have been around for 150 years, have
always been complicated, finicky, and expensive. There is
nothing on the horizon that will change that.

Full face masks for scuba have been around for about 65 years,
have not changed at all, and remain expensive to manufacture in
the low volumes that the market will absorb. They are just too
cumbersome to be popular, and nothing will change that.

Other high tech??????? What do you want? Most of the market is
very happy with low tech/low cost/low maintenance/low problem gear.

m

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:48:32 -0500, "Popeye"
<Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote:

> Wrist mounted device that monitors actual fizz level with magnetic
>resonance or some shit through the wrist.

Frank Herbert - 'vampire gauge' anyone?

Mike
--
http://www.corestore.org
'As I walk along these shores
I am the history within'

Mike Ross wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:48:32 -0500, "Popeye"
> <Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Wrist mounted device that monitors actual fizz level with magnetic
>>resonance or some shit through the wrist.
>
>
> Frank Herbert - 'vampire gauge' anyone?
>
> Mike
> --
> http://www.corestore.org
> 'As I walk along these shores
> I am the history within'
Diving with a computer or tables is a bit like traveling by dead
reckoning. If your timepiece and compass are accurate, you'll end up
pretty close to where you want to be, but you will never end up as close
as if you can measure your position continuously.

I hope such a guage is possible and can be manufactured inexpensively.
It would be a huge boon to diving safety.

"-hh" <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote in message <snip>

> I'll settle for just the patent on the compact power supply that could
> run that force field, since its the building block needed for flying
> cars, anti-gravity devices and world peace.

Imagine... whirled peas...

How about a pill that allows you to metabolize nitrogen as fast as you
can absorb it?

(since we're dreamin' here)

Thus spake mike gray <omgray@worldnet.att.net> :

>The Thunder Child wrote:
>> I see I didn't make myself clear. Let me try again.
>>
>>
>>>Rebreathers for everybody - or is that still far in the future?
>>
>>
>> Available now. Just buy one.
>> ----------AFFORDABLE rebreathers for everyone. Regular scuba phased
>> out?
>>
>>
>>
>>>Full face masks so that people can communicate by voice?
>>
>> All you need is a two hose reg, or a rebreather, and be close to your
>> partner.
>> ------------AFFORDABLE full face masks so that people can communicate
>> by voice without being close to your partner?
>>
>>
>>>Any other high tech stuff on the horizon?
>>
>>
>> Teakettles with LCD-screen, to make it easier to the DMs.
>>
>> Besides this?
>>
>>
>The point of the other responders is this: scuba gear has
>changed very little over the past 20 years, with the exception
>of the digital dive computer, and will change very little over
>the coming 10 years, for the simple reason that a stasis has
>been reached between practicality and cost.

Given that my computer is 12 or 13 years old and still does everything
I ask of it (okay, no nitrox), I'd say that computers have reached a
stasis point. Little go-gaws, but no major change.

>
>This is not the first time this has happened in diving history:
>surface supply standard dress diving developed very rapidly from
>the 1830s to the 1850s, then remained virtually unchanged
>(except for replacement of man-powered pumps with engine-powered
>pumps) for 90 years.
>
>Practical rebreathers have been around for 150 years, have
>always been complicated, finicky, and expensive. There is
>nothing on the horizon that will change that.
>
>Full face masks for scuba have been around for about 65 years,
>have not changed at all, and remain expensive to manufacture in
>the low volumes that the market will absorb. They are just too
>cumbersome to be popular, and nothing will change that.
>
>Other high tech??????? What do you want? Most of the market is
>very happy with low tech/low cost/low maintenance/low problem gear.
>
>m

Anything that breaks is bad. Complex breaks easily. Sometimes
dramatically. Drama underwater is not a good thing.
--
dillon

Could have been is in the past
Could be is in the future
There is only the now