Category: the Life Aquatic | an Evolution
Innovation | First Exosuit ADS training program
The J.F. White Contracting Company invites Lombardi to participate in the first training program on the Nuytco Research Ltd. Exosuit ADS in North Vancouver, Canada. This is the start of a new relationship with J.F. White. Lombardi and O’Brien become the first Exosuit pilots representing the science community.
Read Morean underwater workforce
On a near daily basis, I end up engaged in inquisitive dialogue about my line of work as an undersea professional. My sense of normalcy is apparently a ‘wet’ dream for numerous others. While its far from all fun and games, the allure of the underwater world is indeed what keeps me motivated to explore its…
Read MoreMaking Headlines | Nat Geo Explorers Symposium
Lombardi invited to speak at National Geographic Society’s 2013 Explorers Symposium. His forward presentation of the unique path to make diving a priority vehicle with high intellectual merit as its own field of study stirs controversy among science colleagues.
Read Morebumps, bruises, & the bends
Working dives are hard. There’s no way around it. Most often, the tasks we carry out are not with surgical precision – they are with a crowbar. Working divers are they themselves tools of the trade. Much like an ROV that is sent on a dive equipped to carry out a task, the diver is…
Read Morediving with ‘style’
In more recent time, especially now that my R&D shop is up and running, I’ve been paying closer attention to the equipment refinements that make the job of working underwater all the more efficient. In some cases, I’ve had to develop things from scratch, in others, its a matter of making minor changes to existing…
Read Morediving is a pain in the neck
Literally. Two weeks ago I woke up in the morning with that crick in your neck that prevents you from turning your head side to side without a radiating pain. Generally, as most have experienced, a few days rest and its back to business as usual. In my case, my ‘few days rest’ turned into…
Read Morethe six pound swing
Today was my first day in quite awhile to do a long 5+ hour underwater exposure. While the much needed winter break was appreciated to catch up on all things topside, the sporadic day of diving here and there did anything but quench my appetite for the life aquatic – nor did it do much to keep my…
Read Moreno more brick and mortar – bigger isn’t always better
A colleague recently shared an article with me that describes a new concept of inflatable additions for the space station or other space habitats. Idea simply being that one can pack all of the essential mission-critical infrastructure into a smaller package, then ‘inflate’ once on site to have a reasonably sized bubble to live and…
Read Morea new world view from the ‘bottom up’
Several year ago, I stumbled on an article by an MIT student that discussed the concept of ‘underwater camping’ – the simple ability to make a foray into the ocean, and stay for awhile. It was a compelling idea. My interests in ocean exploration have always leaned heavily on improving human intervention – advanced diving…
Read Morethe american eel
When the dinner table conversation turns to ‘what I do’, the typical response is one of surprise, with a hint of envy, and a honeymoon image of cruising over some coral reef every day to play with the fish. If it were only that simple. While I wouldn’t trade this life aquatic for any other, it…
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