December 2009 Issue

Feature Articles

A PERSONAL REBREATHER SYSTEM FOR RESCUE SUBMARINE OPERATIONS
Mark Johnson (O2 Dive Technologies Inc.) and Gene Melton (HydroSpace Engineering Inc.) tell of meeting design challenges in developing a wearable rebreather system for the Australian navy’s Remora submarine.

MIR SUBMERSIBLES EXPLORE THE BOTTOM OF RUSSIA’S LAKE BAIKAL
Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch and Dr. Nikolai A. Rimski-Korsakov (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology) describe how the MIR submersibles discovered oil, gas and hard gas hydrates on the bottom of Lake Baikal.

UNDERWATER INTERVENTION 2010
—Conference preview

HIGH-TECH MONITORING OF A NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
Kristina Fiore (MedPage Today) details how divers, scientists and NOAA helped keep tabs on a Civil War shipwreck via a technologically advanced collaboration.

SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR EXTRACTION OF VIDEO FRAMES FOR USE IN MOSAICKING
Yuri Rzhanov (University of New Hampshire) discusses making use of available modern technologies to reduce the need for intensive manual labor.

ADCPS IN ACTION USERS’ CONFERENCE
—Conference report

ROV EDVARD PROVIDES RESEARCH, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Stefanie Rettig (Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences), Björn Saworski and Dr. Oliver Zielinski (Institute for Marine Resources) report on how a student group has developed a new educational video and research device for scientific survey.

DESIGNING A DEEP-TOWED CAMERA VEHICLE USING SINGLE CONDUCTOR CABLE
Peter Hill (National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research) examines a cost-effective approach that uses telecom modems and existing winch and cable.

OCEAN ENERGY: ON THE CUSP OF SUCCESS
—Soapbox


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