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When it comes to communicating with one another while underwater, scuba divers typically use either hand signals or writing boards … both of which have limitations. Soon, however, they could be utilizing an app on their existing smartphone.Continue Rea… Continue reading Smartphone app transmits underwater messages between scuba divers
Not content with boasting the world’s tallest building, the world’s largest mall and a host of other forward-thinking ventures that include flying taxis and firefighters with jetpacks, Dubai has now opened the deepest swimming pool in the world. Deep D… Continue reading World’s deepest pool plunges divers into a sunken city in Dubai
Not content with boasting the world’s tallest building, the world’s largest mall and a host of other forward-thinking ventures that include flying taxis and firefighters with jetpacks, Dubai has now opened the deepest swimming pool in the world. Deep D… Continue reading World’s deepest pool plunges divers into a sunken city in Dubai
There are already devices that allow smartphones to double either as dive computers, or as underwater cameras. The currently crowdfunding HotDive, however, does both.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Scuba, Diving Continue reading HotDive turns smartphones into dive computers – and underwater cameras
If you’re on a secret military diving mission, chances are you don’t want the enemy to see you getting into the water. That’s where VICTA comes in, as it’s a diver delivery boat that transforms into a submarine.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, Transpo… Continue reading Stealthy diver delivery boat transforms into a submarine
If you want to explore underwater, you have a few options. You can hold your breath. You can try to recycle your air. You can carry your breathing air with you as in SCUBA. You can stick a tube up like a snorkel, or you can have air sent down …read more
While the homebrew rebreather the [AyLo] describes on his blog looks exceptionally well engineered and is documented to a level we don’t often see, he still makes it very clear that he’s not suggesting you actually build one yourself. He’s very upfront about the fact that he has no formal …read more
Back in 2017, French startup Thalatoo announced the Maoi, a scuba mask-mounted head-up display (HUD) dive computer. Well, a bigger name is now throwing its hat in the ring, as California-based Scubapro has released its own product – it’s call… Continue reading Scubapro gets in on the diving HUD game
As hackers, our goal is to reuse something in a way in which it was not intended and [Rulof Maker] is a master at this. From his idyllic seaside location in Italy, he frequently comes up with brilliant underwater hacks made of, well, junk. This time he’s come up with a wind-powered pump to move air through a hose to a modified scuba mask.
The wind turbine’s blades look professional but you’ll be surprised to see that they’re simply cut from a PCB pipe. And they work great. The air compressor is taken from a car and the base of …read more
For Hackaday readers who don’t spend their free time underwater, nitrox is a blend of nitrogen and oxygen that’s popular with scuba divers. Compared to atmospheric air, nitrox has a higher concentration of oxygen; which not only allows divers to spend more time underwater but also reduces the risk of decompression sickness. Of course when fiddling with the ratio of gases you breathe there’s a not inconsequential risk of dying, so nitrox diving requires special training and equipment to make sure the gas mixture is correct.
Divers can verify the ratio of oxygen to nitrogen in their nitrox tanks with …read more
Continue reading Arduino Nitrox Analyzer for the Submarine Hacker