Scuba Obsessed Episode 119 – Ventilated Video Camera Housing and Return to Mack’s Wreck

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Jim Schultz and His Pre-dive GoPro Video Camera

Mack, Jim S., and Darrin dive in to the news. Jim explains why you want to have a solid back on your camera and we also talk about the great lake conditions. Yes! We got on Mack’s wreck and there was a Havana dive. To top it off with the bad scuba joke and a picture you won’t believe. Or may hope you don’t see.

Scuba In the News

• Ask Dr Gary: Diving damage minor
  • http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/news/ask-dr-gary-diving-damage-minor/1404232/
•  The French Job
  • http://the-french-job.com/denea-bukingham-blog
  • http://the-french-job.com/denea-bukingham-blog/diving-science-some-definitions
• Treasures found along with junk at lake cleanup in Grayslake – Lake County News-Sun?
  • http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/13037552-418/treasures-found-along-with-junk-at-lake-cleanup-in-grayslake.html
• Rapture of the Deep – Scuba Diving a chapter of History
  • http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/13/rapture-of-the-deep-%E2%80%93scuba-diving-a-chapter-of-history/
• “Not quite Scuba”
• New secret passages discovered in Carlsbad Caverns
  • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47801595/ns/technology_and_science-science/
• Dive and find no devil?
  • http://www.deccanherald.com/content/256726/dive-find-no-devil.html
• Fort Myers Beach News – Island Sand Paper
  • http://www.islandsandpaper.com/issue-592.aspx
• Diving right in! Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson don scuba suits for new movie Love Punch
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2159092/Diving-right-Pierce-Brosnan-Emma-Thompson-don-scuba-suits-new-movie-Love-Punch.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
• Brownie’s Marine Group, Inc. Enters Booming Recreation Retail Sector With Grand Opening of Brownie’s Dive & Paddle Adventure Center – MarketWatch?
  • http://www.marketwatch.com/story/brownies-marine-group-inc-enters-booming-recreation-retail-sector-with-grand-opening-of-brownies-dive-paddle-adventure-center-2012-05-25

Mack’s Wreck Sub-surface Buoy

Potentially cool scuba gear

• Solar under the sea? U.S. Navy exploring underwater applications | ZDNet?
  • http://m.zdnet.com/blog/green/solar-under-the-sea-us-navy-exploring-underwater-applications/21405
  • http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/navy-designs-sp.php
• Flying Airplanes Underwater
  • http://www.manufacturing.net/articles/2012/06/flying-airplanes-underwater
• RoboJelly, The Unmanned Underwater Vehicle That Uses Water For Fuel
  • http://singularityhub.com/2012/06/11/ready-robojelly-the-unmanned-underwater-vehicle-that-uses-water-for-fuel/
• OpenROV

• http://openrov.com/profiles/blogs/neemo

Video of the Week

• An Underwater Nightclub That You’ll Wish Was Real
  • http://www.bitrebels.com/entertainment-2/an-underwater-nightclub-that-youll-wish-was-real/

Scuba Book – Underwater Gladiator

• http://www.inspired-training.com/ocean%20gladiator_read_online.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ellyatt

Do Not Look – Swimsuits