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COMPUTE This!
Download some early tech history with a digital copy of aquaCORPS #6 COMPUTING (1993) sponsored by our friends at Shearwater Research!“Yes! I shall design this computer...
06 February 2023
Michael Menduno
AlertDiver.eu contributing editor Michael Menduno is an award-winning journalist & technologist who has written about diving and diving technology for decades. He coined the term “technical diving.” His work has appeared in magazines such as Alert Diver, DeeperBlue.com, DIVER, Quest, Scientific American, Sports Diver, Undercurrent, Undersea Journal, WIRED and X-Ray. He founded and served as editor-in-chief for aquaCORPS Journal (1990-1996), which helped usher tech diving into the mainstream of sports diving. He also produced the first Tek, EuroTek and AsiaTek conferences. In addition, Michael serves as the editor-in-chief of InDepth, Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) online magazine.
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Medical line
Could optimising a diver’s hydration and temperature improve their decompression safety?
Over the last two decades, hyperbaric researchers, and subsequently divers, have come to understand that proper hydration is important in reducing the risk of decompression...
29 August 2022
Features
DAN Europe’s Emergency Assistance 2018-2021: A Statistical Study
DAN Europe keeps detailed records of the emergencies that it handles through the 24/7 hotline and its network of diving doctors and specialists. We thought...
22 June 2022
Dive Travels
SAVE THE CENOTES
An apocalyptic nightmare is threatening the fragile cenotes and underground water ways of Riviera Maya, the stretch of Caribbean coastline on Mexico’s northeastern Yucatán Peninsula....
02 March 2022
Features
When Should You Replace Your Dive Computer or BCD?
Scuba diving is a highly gear-dependent activity. But like divers themselves, dive gear ages. It can even become obsolete, as gear is replaced by newer...
15 October 2021
Prepared diver
Disinfecting Your Scuba Equipment
With the COVID-19 pandemic easing and people slowly returning to diving, it seemed appropriate to revisit our recommendations regarding disinfecting scuba equipment. Accordingly, we reached...
12 August 2021
Dive stories
How to Improve Your Diving Safety and Performance
This September, British human factors expert and technical diver Gareth Lock, will be hosting the first “Human Factors in Diving Conference,” for a global online...
09 August 2021
Medical line
DAN Europe Physicians’ Field Experience Regarding Diving After Covid-19
There is still much we do not know about COVID-19, and information about the virus and its impact on divers is still evolving. For that...
09 April 2021
Medical line
What You Should Know About Diving After Covid-19
UPDATE February 2022 In response to member inquiries, our evolving understanding of the impacts of Covid-19 on divers, and considering the evolution of variants on vaccinated subjects,...
09 April 2021
Diving inspiration
Could It Happen To You? You Betcha!
Stratis Kas’ new book “Close Calls”—a collection of 68 gripping, personal stories by high profile tech divers about incidents that nearly cost them their lives—is...
12 February 2021
Dive stories
A Behind The Scenes Look Into The Making of “Close Calls”
Greek cave diving instructor and adventure filmmaker Stratis Kas has released his much-anticipated book “Close Calls,” which is a collection of 68 gripping, personal stories...
31 December 2020
Features
DAN Europe: Your Diving Support Network
Many divers think of DAN Europe solely in terms of the sport diving and professional liability insurance it provides. Most don’t realise that the diving...
23 November 2020
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