Nicholas Toth hunched over his lathe with sweat on his brow and a smile on his face. The sound of brass being shaved to the exact width he needed put that smile there. “In a lot of respects I feel ...

The Navy is developing a new diving helmet fitted with something called Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD). It’s essentially a fancy underwater HUD. But really, the whole setup basically looks ...

Researchers at the U.S. Navy are creating a diving helmet for the future. The Iron Man esque helmet -- called "DAVD" (Divers Augmented Vision Display) -- is described as "a high-resolution, ...

Scuba diving is incredibly dangerous, because human beings are not designed to live underwater. Sure, we’ve gotten pretty good at designing machines that work where it’s wet, but personal travel ...

Navy engineers took inspiration from Tony Stark and put a high-res head-up display directly inside a diving helmet. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team ...

The U.S. Navy has taken the wraps off what it calls next-gen diving helmets equipped with a specially design head-up display. The embedded HUD is called Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD), and it ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Murky, turgid waters are about to become much easier for divers to ...

Augmented reality (technology that uses screen-embedded eyewear to overlay the real world with information, images and more) isn't quite ready for mainstream consumers-- but it's almost ready for the ...

By Captain Bobbie Scolley, U.S. Navy (ret.) and Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, U.S. Navy (ret.) For more than six decades, spanning from 1905 to the late 1970s, the U.S. Navy’s diving apparatus for deep ...

We have to comply with a bunch of new regulations that are not suitable for helmet diving,” he said.Helmet diving is said to work like a glass turned upside down in water.The diver’s head stays dry in ...