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• ‘Uranus’ – The world’s first Nitrox snorkel

  By Strike on May 28, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The following article was first published in Asian Diver Magazine in 1996 ____________________________ Claimed by its designers, an international consortium of diving technologists, to be the world’s first enriched air snorkel, ‘Uranus’  attracted considerable interest among those in the technical… Read More ›

• Weigh-2-Go: For the traveling diver

  By Strike on May 27, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  For those divers who, when traveling, prefer the convenience of using their own equipment, Zymurgy Inc., have developed a range of portable weights that won’t put your airline baggage allowance over the top. The brain-child of Zymurgy Inc.’s Junior Design… Read More ›

• Think or thwim

  By Strike on May 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  An abstract concept that most divers claim to practice but one that they seldom think about in any depth, the phrase ‘diving safety’ is a classic example of an oxymoron. (For the benefit of those who believe that an oxymoron… Read More ›

• Underwater Navigation (2) – measuring current strength

  By Strike on May 16, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Having an understanding of the problems posed by the environment and a basic knowledge of natural aids to navigation is fundamental to every good dive plan. Measuring current strength From an anchored vessel, the diver drops a small low-profile marker… Read More ›

• Knowing where you’re going: underwater navigation

  By Strike on May 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A diver’s ability to know precisely where they are in relation to the shore or boat is fundamental to every good dive plan. The greater the diver’s proficiency in the techniques of underwater navigation the easier it becomes to know… Read More ›

• The Mollusc Fu-2 Dive Computer

  By Strike on May 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  At the close of the first Tec-Asia Diving Conference – held in Singapore in 1996 – several of the speakers repaired to the Billiard Room bar of Raffles Hotel to enjoy a quiet drink. Inevitably, the conversation drifted towards technical… Read More ›

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