Shearwater Research is a Canadian manufacturer of dive computers and rebreather electronics for technical diving.
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13 Facts About Shearwater Research
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In 2004, Shearwater Research was founded by Bruce Partridge who produced their products in a spare bedroom at his home.
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Shearwater Research began by building controller boards for the Innerspace Systems Corp Megalodon rebreathers in 2004.
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Since that time, the initial issues have been resolved and Shearwater Research electronics are again available for use on the ISC Megalodons.
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In 2011, Shearwater Research announced that they had licensed a technique to thermally monitor the condition of rebreather carbon dioxide absorbent canisters developed by the United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit.
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Shearwater Research has continued to develop new ways to calculate decompression in their equipment by releasing an implementation of the Varying Permeability Model in 2011.
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Shearwater Research Petrel has been described as the "Predator with improvements".
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Shearwater Research's NERD or Near Eye Remote Display is a head-up display that places the divers information in front of their eyes.
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In 2010, Shearwater Research was one of the founding manufacturers for the Rebreather Education and Safety Association.
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Shearwater Research presented on the use of information technology with focus on human factors in equipment design.
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In 2016 Shearwater funded a rebreather sorb absorption research study by Harvey and colleagues.
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Shearwater Research Predator was used to calculate decompression on a 2010 expedition that lead to the identification of HMS Snaefell that went down on July 5,1941.
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The Shearwater Research electronics were utilized to record the diver profiles.
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