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On Wed, 5 Nov 1997 21:16:00 -0500 (EST), you wrote: > > > >Folks, a new regulator will be introduced a DEMA this year that consists >of a revolutionary new type of first stage that attaches to a scuba tank >as usual. A special proprietary transmitter attaches to the low pressure >port and delivers the contents of the scuba tank- without a hose- to the >second stage that is equipped with a proprietary gas receiver. Each >transmitter is set at a different frequency so that you cannot >inadvertently send your gas to your buddy who is using a similar device >and comes into range of yours. A spare second stage equipped with a >receiver can be carried in your BC pocket for redundancy or to give to >another diver in trouble for buddy breathing ( the in-trouble diver must >stay within 100 yards of your transmitter to receive your gas supply). = In >this way, you can stay far away from a panic stricken diver and yet = supply >them with breathing gas. This system revolutionizes existing scuba = systems >and makes issues like breathing the long hose or short moot. It is made = in >France. This is all I know but I will see it at DEMA.=20 Rod, this is just another case of science trying to pinch-hit for God.This "new" technology first surfaced in France almost 20 years ago, when the originator tried to use a similar system to by-pass the =46rench subway system.A fly was accidently introduced into the system during transmission, and the rest, as they say, is history. What's going to happen the first time some diver tries to use it without cleaning out the critters who've set up housekeeping in the thing over the winter? The French are famous for not wanting to abandon an idea if there's even a remote chance they can get someone else to pay for it.Leave the transmitters at DEMA-dont get sucked in John Dunk o Tallahassee,Fl o screwloose@el*.co* ____o_____ -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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