Apollo HID and HMI Video Lighting0

July 9th, 2008 by admin in New Products

Whether building specialty lighting systems for National Geographic sponsored projects or providing crucial lighting for productions on Japan’s powerhouse entity NHK, Halcyon can increasingly be found center stage with the innovative HID and HMI Apollo Video Lighting Systems.

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The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees0

July 7th, 2008 by admin in Conservation and NEWS

At first glance, they look like a couple of giant inflatable garden chairs that have washed out to sea

But they are, apparently, the ultimate solution to rapidly rising sea levels.

This computer-generated image shows two floating cities, each with enough room for 50,000 inhabitants.
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Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea0

July 6th, 2008 by admin in Conservation and Marine biology and NEWS

BEIJING: With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.
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Prehistoric find located beneath the Swiss waves0

September 11th, 2007 by admin in Archaeology

Archaeologists have discovered traces of Switzerland’s oldest known building, but it will never draw tourists: it lies underwater in the middle of a lake.
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U.S. Gives Russia Data on Mysterious Cold War Sunken Submarine K-1290

September 11th, 2007 by admin in Military

By MIKE ECKEL
The Associated Press
Monday, September 10, 2007; 4:07 PM

MOSCOW — U.S. military officials on Monday gave Russia a videotape and other archival materials on the Soviet K-129 submarine, whose sinking in 1968 is one of the lingering mysteries of the Cold War.
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Dover Strait U-boat to be moved0

August 20th, 2007 by admin in NEWS and Wrecks

The wreck of a World War I German submarine is to be moved because it is a danger to shipping off Dover.
The U-boat, which has been in the Dover Strait since 1918, is 23.5m (77ft) below the surface, which does not leave enough clearance for modern ships.
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Summer field course 2007 at Ikaria, Greece0

July 30th, 2007 by admin in Conservation and NEWS

Marine Scientific Illustration & Underwater Photography, Aegean Sea, Greece

This course is aimed at students and graduates of Illustration, Design, Marine Biology and Environmental Sciences, as well as of related fields.
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Deep sea divers opt for Nasdaq flotation1

July 17th, 2007 by admin in General and Archaeology and NEWS

Serious investors are putting money into a business once the preserve of buccaneers

On the bridge of the Odyssey Explorer the talk was not about stocks and shares but about the Spanish patrol boats at the entrance to Gibraltar’s port, waiting to search her hold for hidden treasure.
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Divers in Sweden discover Soviet World War II submarine0

July 4th, 2007 by admin in Military and NEWS

Stockholm - A team of Finnish and Sweden nationals have discovered a Soviet submarine that sank in 1942 after being rammed by a Finnish submarine, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Doctor starts blog to help divers understand risks when underwater0

June 30th, 2007 by admin in Diving medicine and NEWS

Each year, five to six diving deaths occur in South-east Asia, and about 25 Singaporean divers fall victim to decompression sickness — a potentially fatal condition that can occur when divers surface too quickly.
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