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Oceanic is a company which currently designs and manufactures sport-type scuba
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....

 gear. They were founded by Bob Hollis in 1972 and are based in San Leandro, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, USA.

Rebreathers

They developed the Phibian CCS50 and CCS100 rebreather
Rebreather
A rebreather is a type of breathing set that provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycled exhaled gas. This recycling reduces the volume of breathing gas used, making a rebreather lighter and more compact than an open-circuit breathing set for the same duration in environments where...

s; Stuart Clough of Undersea Technologies developed the Phibian's electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...

 package.http://www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/~vsb1001/stuartclough.html

They have developed military
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...

 rebreathers for use by frogmen and naval work divers
Clearance Diver
A clearance diver was originally a specialist naval diver who used explosives underwater to remove obstructions to make harbours and shipping channels safe to navigate, but later the term "clearance diver" was used to include other naval underwater work...

, for example the US Navy MK-25 and the MK-16 mixed-gas rebreather.

There were unconfirmed reports that Oceanic was going to bring out a new rebreather around October 2006. http://www.divernet.com/forumvb/showthread.php?t=165.

Data Mask

Oceanic developed the first HUD
Head-Up Display
A head-up display or heads-up display is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints...

 style mask, which is an eyes-and-nose diving mask
Diving mask
A diving mask is an item of diving equipment that allows scuba divers, free-divers, and snorkelers to see clearly underwater. When the human eye is in direct contact with water as opposed to air, its normal environment, light entering the eye is refracted by a different angle and the eye is unable...

 with a built-in LCD display capable of providing various dive data from an on-board diving computer.

Wetsuit for a penguin

The company developed, in early 2008, a custom wetsuit
Wetsuit
A wetsuit is a garment, usually made of foamed neoprene, which is worn by surfers, divers, windsurfers, canoeists, and others engaged in water sports, providing thermal insulation, abrasion resistance and buoyancy. The insulation properties depend on bubbles of gas enclosed within the material,...

 for an alpha-male African Penguin
African Penguin
The African Penguin , also known as the Black-footed Penguin is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters. It is known as Brilpikkewyn in Afrikaans, Inguza or Unombombiya in Xhosa, Manchot Du Cap in French and Pingüino Del Cabo in Spanish...

 at Steinhart Aquarium who was suffering from problems maintaining core body temperature due to feather loss.
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