Oceans of Opportunity

Month: December 2013

Feature Article in Sea Technology December 2013

http://www.sea-technology.com/features/2013/1213/1.php Training Regimen for Exosuit Atmospheric Diving System

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the holiday stretch aftermath

I often pride myself on a degree of minimalism. That minimalistic philosophy is derivative from many aspects of life over the years, but became deeply engrained at the early years of living this life aquatic, when it was fairly common to pack up two boxes of gear and a small backpack of personal items and be…

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currently in press – the art and science of human exploration being revisited

Some exciting new publications related to advancing the human element in ocean exploration: Lombardi, MR., and Clark, JF. (2013) Training Regimen for Exosuit Atmospheric Diving System. Considerations for Next-Generation Scientific and Commercial Applications. Sea Technology Magazine. December 2013. 4 pp. download .pdf Clark, JF. (2013) A New Generation of ADS Capabilities. In Marine Technology Society…

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stuff your stockings with black beans

Well, it’s that time of year again – my shameless plug for the ideal stocking stuffer. Check out the 2010 3rd edition release of ‘Black Beans, Mean Business: a survival guide for struggling entrepreneurs’. Buy it on Amazon today! Donate today to enable exploration and to keep related content coming!

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it’s a ‘sign’

I can’t even begin to recount the innumerable times I’ve been reassured of my direction with ‘signs’. Now of course, it could all very well be pure circumstance, or manifestations of our own psychology in drawing connections between what is immediately in focus with the space around you in some deep effort to attain self-satisfaction…

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Sea trials and tribulations

Some will say that every day out to sea is better than a day at the office. I’ve had my share of bad days at sea for certain, but today was certainly one of those good days. Calm seas, good company, and putting some new technology to the test.  Dr. Vincent Pieribone (left), Dr.…

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free diving, and death defying

Last night I was drawn in to the CBS 60 Minutes segment about free diving – for obvious reasons. First, as underwater news tends to do, it draws people in to unknown worlds with child like curiosity. Second, exciting to me was the geographical home of Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas which may likely…

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social innovation and the future of problem solving

In recent years, I’ve shifted my own perspective on business development as it applies to solving problems after boiling down a few projects on my hot list to their most basic form and working through them all on my own. While I have certainly needed the help of others, and at various scales, and always…

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