[mattymatt]

Posted this thought on another site today:

After cleaning out a closet in my house I came across my ortovox avalanche transcievers and they got me thinking about the Safety Vest that is in development. I was thinking that when I go dive with friends I usually will look around to see where they are, although probably not as often as I should. I was thinking that a nice feature, albiet more expensive, would be for the wrist computer to be able to communicate with other vests in the area. I know that if SWB were to occur, reaching the surface via the vest is only half the battle, and the person will most likely also need cpr. It would be a neat feature if when one vest deployed it sent out a signal to the other vests in the area, something akin to a flashing red light. This would tell the buddy to swim his ass over and help his friend.

I really don't know to much about the vest, but I thougt that this might add to the vests functionality as a life saving tool. I also know that radio transmiting has gotten much cheaper in recent years (Im a photographer and use tons of radio slaves) and maybe they could incorporate this into the vest. Just a thought.