Tiger sharks were observed swimming past dummies wearing the striped pattern wetsuits, whereas those clad in traditional black wetsuits were attacked. Professor Shaun Collin of the Oceans Institute at The University of Western Australia says however that the 111 shark engagements achieved in the most recent trial are enough to provide a statistically valid sample that is capable of satisfying the scientific community that the trial was extensive enough to provide reliable results. The significant extra time could even be the difference between life and death for a diver who could potentially have up to 6 valuable minutes to make an escape in the event of an encounter with a shark who cant quite get a handle on whether he is edible or not. Shark Mitigation Systems market strategy is to license their wetsuit pattern technology to manufacturers of wetsuits around the world and take a slice of every wetsuit that is sold in a market that is worth billions of dollars globally. Western Australia's government funded tests with dummies and tiger sharks off the state's coast. The outcome is compelling and it is exciting to see results from our scientist’s new knowledge of shark visual systems making an impact on practical outcomes.”, Shark Mitigation Systems Co-Founder and Director, Craig Anderson said “The results from this field study represent an exciting outcome and critical milestone for the company. The designers say they used new scientific insights into sharks' perceptions of light and colour blindness to come up with a product which could camouflage a diver or snorkeler in the water. We now have scientific validation from a statistically valid field test proving this aspect of our technology is effective in reducing the risk of shark attack.”.
Read about our approach to external linking. ASX listed Shark Mitigation Systems have achieved scientific validation of their unique, patented, shark deterrent wetsuits after the University of W.A completed a ground breaking trial of the company’s “SAMS” wetsuit technology with live white sharks in South Africa. It is now difficult to see why anyone would choose black neoprene over SAMS if they can achieve cost parity.
One of the entrepreneurs, Craig Anderson, told the AFP news agency that the Elude suit created "confusion" for the shark's visual systems. © 2020 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. BCG: Can a vaccine from 1921 save lives from Covid-19? Two Australian businessmen backed by a university research project have launched what they claim to be the first shark-repellent wetsuits.
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Buying Guide – Picking A Shark Repellent. With scientifically valid results such as these, they just might manage to turn the traditional wetsuit market on its head – particularly if their licensees can turn out a SAMS wetsuit for about the same price as a black neoprene one. Sharks are common in Australian waters but fatal attacks are rare - on average, one person is killed by a shark in a year. The results, which are quite stunning, show that it took a shark 400% longer to engage with a SAMS wetsuit. She said there had been a growth in the water sports market and more people than ever were entering the water all year round, but there was no corresponding increase in shark encounters or fatalities.
Their blue and white Elude suit is said to make divers much less visible to sharks by drawing on research into the way they see their prey. Great white sharks are more confident than the tigers, and here you see great white shark engaging a control rig, so a black neoprene wetsuit, and going straight to the bottom, coming up and engaging. Radiator shark deterrent wetsuits for surf and dive now incorporate SAMS visual technology ASX listed Shark Mitigation Systems have achieved scientific validation of their unique, patented, shark deterrent wetsuits after the University of W.A completed a ground breaking trial of the company’s “SAMS” wetsuit technology with live white sharks in South Africa. He said “We have been testing SAMS visual technology for several years now and it is fantastic that we now have a data set of interactions with white sharks that is large enough to be statistically valid and capable of scientific analysis. ASX listed Shark Mitigation Systems have achieved scientific validation of their unique, patented, shark deterrent wetsuits after the University of W.A completed a ground breaking trial of the company’s “SAMS” wetsuit technology with live white sharks in South Africa. A separate design - the Diverter - has black and white stripes to signal that a surfer is not good to eat. Mr Anderson said there was "substantial" demand across the world for technologies to repel sharks. Return to Bulls N Bears for more public company news. Ms Hood said the Shark Trust welcomed all progress with regards to the development of non-fatal shark repellents or exclusion devices. The answer may lie in these funky wetsuits.
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(Applause) "Many animals are repelled by a striped pattern which indicates the potential prey is unsafe to eat.". In a live scientific trial conducted in June and reported this week, the University of W.A says it took on average 400% longer for sharks to engage with the patterned wetsuits that contained the “SAMS” technology when compared to an ordinary black wetsuit. The trial result, which may very well spell the end of the era of the black neoprene wetsuit, showed that it took an average of 90 seconds for the sharks to engage with the black neoprene wetsuit but took an amazing 5-6 minutes for them to engage with the wetsuit that contained Shark Mitigation System’s disruptive colouration patterning. The University of Western Australia researcher, Shaun Collin, said the black-and-white design would ward sharks away from surfers.
The results, which are quite stunning, show that it took a shark 400% longer to engage with a SAMS wetsuit. But, she added: "Sadly, a great number of the fatalities attributed to sharks occur in avoidable circumstances: swimmers entering the water where shark warnings have been given; surfing at dawn or dusk on reefs known to be frequented by sharks; and spear fishermen carrying their catch close to their bodies. "Everyone's looking for a solution, everyone's nervous about going in the water around the world now," he added. But Ali Hood, conservation director for the Shark Trust in the UK, told the BBC: "To suggest that 'Everyone's nervous of entering the water' is rather strong.". They're the product of an Australian company called SAMS, short for Shark Attack Mitigation Systems.
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