British tech pioneer and inventor Kevin Gurr has been building dive computers since the early 1990s, including the world’s first mixed gas diving computer, the VR3, which he launched in 1997, through his former company VR Technology Ltd. based in Dorset, UK. He also designed and built three sport rebreathers....
by Reilly Fogarty Header Image: Photo courtesy of DAN. What is your best option if you or a team-mate get bent at a remote diving location, that is more than two hours from a chamber? If you are prepared—that means having the right equipment and know-how—the new consensus among the hyperbaric docs...
What is the causal relationship between a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and increased inner-ear decompression sickness? Diver Alert Network’s geeky risk mitigator Reilly Fogarty explains the latest science and emerging consensus regarding what we think’s going on. By Reilly Fogarty Our knowledge of decompression...
World-recognized decompression physiologist and cave explorer David Doolette explains the new evidence-based findings on “deep stops,” and shares how and why he sets his own gradient factors. His recommendations may give you pause to stop (shallower). by Associate Professor David J. Doolette Gradient...
Do you know the density of your breathing gas at your planned working depth? New research conducted by Gavin Anthony and Simon J. Mitchell suggests that you better! A gas density of 6 grams/liter (g/l)—the equivalent of diving nitrox 32 at 110 ft/34 m, or trimix 18/35 at 200 ft/61 m—significantly...
If you don’t know much about immersion pulmonary edema (IPE) have a read! This not-well-understood disorder is on the rise and can not only effect tech divers, but seriously ruin your day if you’re unaware and unprepared to deal with it. DAN. Tekkie Reilly Fogarty has the deets! By Reilly Fogarty...
Diver Alert Network’s Reilly Fogarty geeks out on new research by University of North Carolina biomedical researcher and current R.W. Hamilton Grant recipient Virginie Papadopoulou, Ph.D. (That’s right, she received the “Dr. Bill” grant!!) Her potential paradigm-shifting work may help us to understand...
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