And yet more…the first shot here is particularly impressive, and the last shot of shark sun and real shark, well,
that’s just oo cool:
Fabien Cousteau Shark Sub Pics I
Travelizmo: Suunto Vytec DS
The travel gear/gadget guide Travelizmo is a new favorite of mine that features lots of cool items to drool over.
Yes, I’m drooling right now. Hold on while I wipe off my keyboard….OK, done.
One of the items that particularly caught my fancy was
the Suunto Vytec DS, a new diving computer that is loaded
with sweet features for advanced divers. When in Gauge mode, the watch provides the diver with an accurate depth and
dive timer, and features a dive timer with reset function. It also displays dive times in minutes and seconds, to help
improve the accuracy of bottom times and decompression stops. There are a ton more features to this watch that will
impress. Check the
specs here.
Gadling Podcast: Intv. Fabien Cousteau
It’s time for a very special, all new interview podcast from Gadling. Like our interview a
while back with Shadow Divers’ John Chatterton,
this one ties in very nicely with sister blog Divester, as it is largely about scuba
diving and exploration.
So for this new podcast, we sought out and interviewed someone whose name will
unquestionably sound familiar. Fabien Cousteau is
the grandson of uber-famous, French-accented ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, whose TV program The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau was a viewing staple at my home and
was one reason I (and many others I’m sure) learned to dive.
Anyway, Fabien is also a big-time explorer and, as you might have read
right here recently, has pioneered a new type of submarine that is shaped like, and swims like, a Great White shark.
Nicknamed "Troy", the shark sub is designed to allow Cousteau, who rides inside, to film Great Whites in
their natural habitat with as little external / foreign stimulus as possible. You’ll hear why this is important in the
interview.
So
we hope you like it. Cousteau is an immensely charismatic, terrifically bright guy, and I think you’ll find the story
of the shark sub very cool.
00:50 Intro and babble
05:40 Start of Interview
05:50 Growing up Cousteau
08:10 Human Environmental Impact
09:00
Previous Work
09:22 Filming Orcas
10:00 Growing up with Sharks
13:06 Mind of a Demon Show
14:25 Eliminate External Stimulus
14:50 Shark Sub Idea
17:35 Go Beyond Cage
Who Invented the Wet Suit
A very interesting article in
the
LA Times examines a question that has perplexed surfing aficionados for decades: who invented the wet suit?
Who woke up one day and said, let’s take this neoprene stuff and make it really tight, and allow a wee bit of
water to enter so that it gets warm, and people will be able to go in the water whenever and whereever they want.
We’ll even make it black so that people look like seals and will become tasty snacks for sharks.
Turns out that three BIG names in water sports lay claim to this invention. Bob Meistrell runs Body Glove
International, of Redondo Beach, and says he’s the one. Jack O’Neill is a surfing legend who has leant
his name to one of the surf industry’s most recognized brands. He says he’s the one. And finally Hugh
Bradner, a UC Berkeley physics professor and Manhattan Project scientist, who lives in La Jolla…well, he says HE’s
the one.
Who to believe? Sh*t, I don’t know. But it’s still a good article.