Looks like a couple of pellet gun c02 containers. I smell fish.
Posted on 10/27/2006 8:51:27 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
SAN DIEGO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 24, 2006 -- Homeland Security Group International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HMSG) announced today that its newest product, Neptune EBD1 has been re-designed to extend the breathing time to fifty-five minutes.
The new breathing device measures approximately 13 inches long, 4 1/2 inches wide with a weight of just less than five (5) pounds. The new version, which has not been officially named, will supply 55 to 60 minutes of positive, 2-stage regulated airflow depending on stress level.
Like its predecessor, the Neptune EBD1, this new device utilizes factory-sealed air cylinders making it immediately ready for use even after prolonged storage. Just one hand is required to start the device. It is small and lightweight and currently comes with an optional holster pouch. Only a short orientation is required prior to use. The device is ideal for aircrew members, workers in confined spaces (such as mines), firefighters, law enforcement, divers, hazmat crews, etc.
"We have been working closely with the inventor to get this offering to the market quickly due to market interest. We feel this newest generation will revolutionize the diving industry," commented Powers. "Imagine a 5 pound air bottle that allows for 55 minutes of breathing time. Paperwork for new patents is near completion. We previewed the Neptune EBD1 at Strong Angel III Integrated Disaster Response Demonstration in August. Since that date we have aggressively targeted Fire Departments, Emergency First Responders, Military and Law Enforcement personnel. Everyone we have shown this device immediately wants more information. This new version was borne out of feedback from military, civilian and law enforcement divers. These trained military and civilian professional divers are telling us this is the greatest thing that the diving industry has seen in a long time," concluded Powers.
Powers offered the following points that make the Neptune the wave of the future:
1. Size
2. Capacity
3. The device uses air, not oxygen or other mixes
4. Quick deployment
5. Very light pressure to receive air into the mouth (Persons do not have
to use strong lung capacity for intake of air)
6. Long shelf life
7. No maintenance
8. Lightweight
9. It doesn't interfere with other equipment carried on the person
The company is also working with their joint venture partner Recon Mountaineer LLC to design a new Buoyancy Compensating (BC) vest that will incorporate the EBD. EBD1 models are available for immediate shipping. HMSG expects to have the new version available for sale by mid November.
Videos of the Neptune EBD-1 can be viewed on the HMSG website at: www.hstinc.us
ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Homeland Security Group International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HMSG), is a technology-based corporation based in San Diego, California. HMSG's mission is the development and commercialization of technology focused on providing increased security for both civilian and military personnel throughout the world. Under the leadership of Colonel Jeffrey A. Powers, USMC (Retired), HMSG has assembled a portfolio of technology and services through alliances with established defense-related companies and through internal development that is being brought to market in a cost-efficient and timely manner. The Company has an alliance with Recon Mountaineer, LLC, (an Oceanside, Calif.-based designer and manufacturer of military combat gear for the United States Armed Forces). The company has also partnered with leading security firms to design and market surveillance systems for homeland defense security applications.
Looks like a couple of pellet gun c02 containers. I smell fish.
Coal Miners???? or does it have to be used under water???
Kewl!
I've got an old Aqua-Master regulator from days gone by. US Divers Co. says they are not safe and stopped making parts for 'em years ago. Worked fine the last time I used it.
I don't know enough about breathable compressed air technology but the claim of 55 minutes seems like a stretch.
Marine Boy used oxy-gum, if I recall.
Bond. James Bond.
For clean air to breathe in the event of a mine fire or other catastrophy. But the company's stock is selling right now for $0.004 a share, so I'm guessing post #1 is correct.
It's the weight and size that has me impressed. A regular tank for diving can last quite a while if you regulate your breathing properly. But it weighs a ton and it so bulky! This thing looks tiny! How very cool! A day when I can comfortably walk into the water is a good day! :)
The 'AVERAGE' scuba tank is about 8 inches in diameter, and just under 3 ft tall. Filled to a pressure greater than 1,000 psi; they last about 45-60 minutes of casual swimming; and weigh 20+ lbs.
The pressure in these small capsules would have to be on the orders of magnitude greater than 1,000 psi to get nearly an hour's worth of air in there.
Call me skeptical (and that's being very polite)
...and firefighters
"I don't know enough about breathable compressed air technology but the claim of 55 minutes seems like a stretch."
It will probably give 55 minutes of shallow breathing if you are lying down and not exerting yourself at all. It also probably helps if you weigh 90 pounds and are breathing at 10,000 feet altitude.
If you are exerting yourself a little bit, such as swimming, and are at 60 feet in water and weigh 200 pounds, my guess is that you would get 10 minutes of breathing.
Just a guess, but if you are breathing air without any remixing apparatus, there are physical constraints of lung capacity, air pressure, and the strength of the air tanks, that limit the amount of time such a device can provide.
5 minutes, maybe.
This smells like a stock pump and dump.
In order for cylinders that size to be able to supply 55-60 minutes of air, the air pressure inside them would have to be absolutely enormous. Scuba tanks with 3,000 psi inside them have walls a quarter inch thick, and you have to swim shallow and breathe carefully to get an hour out of one.
Great excuse to use the Diver ping list!
And most likely it's overpriced.
Shaken, not stirred.
But will it continue to work fine until the LAST time you use it?..........
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