* World News Quick Take Nov 14, 2009
Wearing a diving suit and an oxygen tank, Lee searched water hazards by night to retrieve the balls. Police said he either worked alone or teamed up with his niece or a friend. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Recalls: off-road utility vehicles Oct 22, 2009
Diving suit hoses recalled after diver's death. A Swedish company is recalling diving suit hoses after the death of a diver in Los Angeles. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
* Taiwan makes breakthrough in wet suit technology Oct 16, 2009
Taiwan has developed the first electro-thermal diving suit for deep, cold underwater environments, the Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) said yesterday ... The new electro-thermal diving suit is made from a special fiber that is heated by batteries and can sustain water pressure up to 50m below the surface, which is a first, the institutess product department deputy director Lee Chen-liang (}) said ... At 30m, a diver experiences 4 atmospheres of pressure, so his diving suit should... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Diving Suit Hoses Recalled After Diver's Death Oct 15, 2009
Swedish company recalls diving suit hoses after diver's death ... A Swedish company is recalling diving suit hoses after the death of a diver in Los Angeles. (ABC News -- Wire)
Germany plans to celebrate reunification with colossal French puppets Oct 1, 2009
It is a deep-sea diver and will be wearing an atmospheric diving suit made out of truck tarpaulins as it makes its way through the city and its waterways, aided by 31 helpers decked out in red livery. The helpers are called the "Lilliputians," after the little people in Swift's book. (Harper's Magazine)
Diver brings 300-year-old cannons ashore Aug 20, 2009
He says the compass must have ripped off Kennedy's diving suit more than 20 years ago. Historians say the Whydah sank in a fierce storm in 1717. (MSNBC -- Environment)
How to Work Out While Muslim — and Female Aug 16, 2009
It grabbed headlines this week when a Paris swimming pool refused entry to a young Muslim woman wearing a "burqini," a swim garment resembling a diving suit. In France the incident falls into a wider political debate over how to reconcile the country's Muslim immigrants to French secular values. (Time.com)
The CIA is licensed to kill Jul 24, 2009
It hired the Mafia to poison his food and tried to give him a diving suit contaminated with Madura foot, a rare tropical disease that starts in the foot and moves upward, slowly destroying the body. The CIA also considered offing the Cuban leader with an exploding cigar, a poison pen and a seashell that would blow up underwater when he touched it. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Works from the masters hand Jul 6, 2009
He was one of the pioneers of hydraulics, and even created early concepts of a diving suit, a helicopter, a tank and a calculator. Most Viewed. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Modest swim suits, when less skin is better Jun 19, 2009
The bright suits and hood, which are made of Lycra and resemble a diving suit, are worn by Muslim female lifeguards on Australia's beaches. The two French-born women behind Sea Secret, Yardena G. and Esther, operate out of small warehouse in an Orthodox neighborhood here. (USA Today -- News)
Submarines of the US Civil War May 30, 2009
Phillips visionary inventions included at least two small hand-cranked one-man submarines and an Atmospheric diving suit. War Time Design. (Suite101.com)
Europes all-purpose peninsula May 19, 2009
The next night, I dig into simple staples like njoki (potato dumplings) with goulash and a mixed grill of turkey, pork, and sausage at the understated Konoba Veli Joze, which is crowded with farm and fishing implements, an old-fashioned diving suit, and other Croatian kitsch. After dinner, I take a slow walk through the streets. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Going sight-sea-ing Mar 21, 2009
He proceeded to take out some bread from within the sleeves of his diving suit and released it slowly in the water. A school of fish zoomed in and snapped up the bread. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Wartime memories animate 'Bashir' Feb 13, 2009
Animation serves as a diving suit here, allowing the director to plumb his psychic depths, but it's leakier than he'd like. Still, as a therapist friend tells Folman, "We don't go places where we really don't want to go." So the filmmaker heads off to interview high school pals and platoon-mates, hoping their memories will give shape to his, like blips on a sonar screen. (Boston Globe)
