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Cobble Hill Diver's Device to Make Surfacing Safer
- By Stephen Weir
- Published 07/7/2008
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Stephen Weir is a well-known Toronto based communicator. He has been writing and taking photographs for Diver Magazine for almost 30 years.
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The Victoria, British Columbia newspaper, the Times Colonist, has reported on a local company that has developed a safety device for divers. The device is called the 'Miniature Ascent Rate Alarm'.
According to the Times Colonist, the “Miniature Ascent Rate Alarm, or MARA, fits on a mask near the diver's ear and sounds a series of alarms if the diver is ascending too fast.
MARA has been created by Tim Stevens, a former military diver. He developed the device to help divers avoid experiencing decompression health issued caused by coming to the surface of the water too quickly.
According to the Times Colonist, the “Miniature Ascent Rate Alarm, or MARA, fits on a mask near the diver's ear and sounds a series of alarms if the diver is ascending too fast.
MARA has been created by Tim Stevens, a former military diver. He developed the device to help divers avoid experiencing decompression health issued caused by coming to the surface of the water too quickly.