1. Phil Nuytten pioneered designs related to diving equipment, and worked with NASA for more than 25 years on applications related to undersea and space technologies.
11 Facts About Phil Nuytten
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Phil Nuytten was formally adopted into the Kwakiutl nation.
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Phil Nuytten began to design diving gear as a teenager, and opened the first dive shop in Western Canada at the age of 15.
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Phil Nuytten was part of a team that accomplished the first 600 FSW ocean "bounce" dives on Project Nesco.
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In 1983, Phil Nuytten appeared on the cover of National Geographic due to his dives into arctic waters to Breadalbane.
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Phil Nuytten died the 13 May 2023 aged 81, his family releasing an obituary detailing the significance of his life and contributions to the scientific field.
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For twenty years, Phil Nuytten was featured in and worked on the production of films and television programs based on technology he developed, such as:.
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Phil Nuytten provided the submersibles and was the senior technical advisor for the film The Abyss.
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Phil Nuytten's Newtsuit is featured in the IMAX movie Flight of the Aquanaut.
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In 1979, Phil Nuytten started work on the Newtsuit, a one-atmosphere diving suit.
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In 2000, Phil Nuytten announced that he was developing a new type ultra lightweight powered exoskeleton called the Exosuit This new design was being considered for use as a submarine escape device by the Canadian Department of Defense.