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The c1989 Dacor Microbrain Pro Plus claimed to have the first integrated dive planning function, the first EEPROM storing full dive data for the last three dives, basic data for 9999 dives, and recorded maximum depth achieved, cumulative total dive time, and total number of dives. The LCD provides a graphic indication of remaining no ...
Thalmann algorithm. The Thalmann Algorithm ( VVAL 18) is a deterministic decompression model originally designed in 1980 to produce a decompression schedule for divers using the US Navy Mk15 rebreather. [1] It was developed by Capt. Edward D. Thalmann, MD, USN, who did research into decompression theory at the Naval Medical Research Institute ...
The Recreational Dive Planner (or RDP) is a decompression table in which no-stop time underwater is calculated. [1] The RDP was developed by DSAT and was the first dive table developed exclusively for no-stop recreational diving. [2] There are four types of RDPs: the original table version first introduced in 1988 along with a circular slide ...
Professional Technical and Recreational Diving. Professional Technical and Recreational Diving (ProTec) is an international diver certification agency based in Munich, Germany . ProTec was founded in 1997. [1] ProTec offers diving education standards and training procedures for beginners through to advanced and diving professionals.
The timeline of underwater diving technology is a chronological list of notable events in the history of the development of underwater diving equipment.With the partial exception of breath-hold diving, the development of underwater diving capacity, scope, and popularity, has been closely linked to available technology, and the physiological constraints of the underwater environment.
Contribution limits. Individual retirement annuities adhere to the same contribution limits set by the IRS, just like traditional and Roth IRAs. In 2024, the contribution limit for IRAs, including ...
In 2004, Shearwater Research was founded by Bruce Partridge who produced their products in a spare bedroom at his home. [1] As of 2014, Shearwater was producing thousands of dive computers per year in a manufacturing facility with twenty employees. [1] From the beginning the company sought to develop products that are simple to use and easy to ...
The AOWD is the second level qualification offered by several diving agencies following the American ANSI standard. At the first level, Open Water Diver, divers gain basic knowledge of skills, equipment and theory for diving to a recommended depth of about 18 metres (60 ft). [4] The AOWD is described by PADI as refining these skills, allowing ...