"Divers need to breathe a mixture of compressed oxygen and an inert gas to dilute the oxygen,” reports Vice’s Ben Richmond. The prototype suit was developed as part of the Navy’s Initial Response Diving project, which has the goal of helping the Navy recover objects in deep waters more quickly, intervening at depths up to 600 feet worldwide within just 36 hours. The new suit, which was developed by Navy scientists at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Panama City, drastically reduces the amount of helium required by underwater divers. Navy to design a new diving suit that cuts down on helium use. The global helium shortage is also impacting divers-it's even pushed the U.S.
Helium isn’t just for balloons-the gas is used in industry, science and medicine.
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