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I wonder if they knew before that Herbert is going for 800 feet?
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Are there any other ways to get some info? -.
Kars
Besides dramatically slowing his heart rate down and preferentially redistributing his blood oxygen stores to more vital organs, it was shown he could do actively cool his brain down by several degrees. This ability to slow his biological-clock allows him to conserve vital oxygen stores and tolerate a greater degree of oxygen deprivation than normal. The dives are being undertaken to bring attention to a new and ground-breaking biomimetic technology which, like in hibernating bears and diving seals, has the capability to induce an altered and depressed metabolic state. Specifically, the technology has far-reaching medical implications as it has the potential to treat a broad variety of major life-threatening conditions, such as, for example, stroke, cardiac arrest, seizures, brain and spinal trauma. The technology is being heralded as a potent way to control obesity since like in hibernating animals there is a shift from a reliance on predominantly carbohydrate to fat stores usage. The discovery has significant sports and fitness ramifications since it’s been found to significantly enhance sports endurance performance, including breath-holding ability, by pre-cooling the central nervous system, i.e., before heat-induced fatigue inevitably terminates exercise. The discovery will be released in time of the record attempt.
OK, still it does not explain why not 2 feet more, to make it 215m, but then again it is not too important. It will be a great attempt anyway
Well, he likely does not care about the official sanctioning by AIDA, but if he did not take care at all about it being a record or the best performance, then there would be no reason for doing it, and no reason to announce any depth at all. If the sole purpose was scientific research, he would simply plug the devices and sank as deep as necessary. Whether Seb admits it or not, it is certain the number is important, and likely more than the experience or the research goal. It does not mean it is a bad thing, of course.
Thanks for peeking in, MariKa, and sorry for my critics, but it is true that the reporting was unfortunately quite disappointing until recently. As for the topics you could cover - as you tell you can find plenty of them here, and I posted also 22 questions in the blog of Denea: Questions Here Please! | | The-French-JobThe-French-Job. I am sure others will complete it later.