25 Days of Deep Sea Christmas: #10 Underwater Text Messenger

By Kevin Zelnio, on December 10th, 2008 5 comments   Gadgets & Gear

What better way to communicate in the human-voice-stopping three dimensional environment of the ocean? The Underwater Text Messenger from UTC is a combination text messenger, dive computer (goes down to 500 meters), SOS signal, homing beacon, compass, dive log (stores 100 dies), data logger and much more! I would totally wear this everyday just going about my daily business in the lab. Best $990 you’ll ever spend, second to The Beagle Project of course…

5 comments to 25 Days of Deep Sea Christmas: #10 Underwater Text Messenger

• Karen James

  December 10, 2008 at 14:43 · Reply

  *lust*

  I think this should be the party favor for all those moderating the ScienceOnline09 session on blogging from crazy places.

• jeffry r. johnston

  December 10, 2008 at 16:31 · Reply

  Underwater Text Messenger? Now I’ve seen everything!

• Rhonda

  December 10, 2008 at 17:03 · Reply

  LOLOMGWTFBBQ?!?!!

• eric

  December 10, 2008 at 23:41 · Reply

  Wow, Shiny cool! but… is it air integrated? Can it be programed to work with a rebreather? Does it allow reading PDF or ebooks on deco stops?

• Sarah / WaterNotes

  December 12, 2008 at 21:07 · Reply

  Oooohhhhhhhh! Want want want! Can you imagine if they could integrate the web with this little puppy somehow? I’m sure the water would make it problematic but just think.. mobile blogging from 65 ft under the surface!