Thursday, August 13th, 2009
In his research to develop effective shark repellent, Eric Stroud has found that what works best are the rotten carcasses of other sharks, which had long been part of fishermen’s folklore.
“It’s the most godawful thing you ever smelled,” said Stroud, 35, a Ph.D. student in chemistry at Seton Hall who started his company, SharkDefense, to develop repellent technologies in 2004. SharkDefense has a $20-$25 can of shark-repelling aerosol spray available, but it also has repellents in the forms of magnets and metals. Go get some.
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Sales of an Australian-made device to repel sharks are booming after three recent attacks in Sydney. SeaChange Technology, the company that produces the Shark Shield, says inquiries have tripled over the past two months and sales have increased by 50 per cent.
The company can barely keep up with production.
The device, which costs between $600 and $700 depending on the model, weighs less than 3 ounces and can fit into the palm of a your hand. It works by releasing electrical impulses that are painful to sharks within about 25 ft of the device.
I’ll take two.
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
The folks at Teeka Tan who brought us Safe Sea, a sunblock that inhibits jellyfish stings, say they’ve developed the world’s first shark-repelling sunblock. The sunblock/repellent operates on pheromones that will supposedly send sharks packing. One small catch… it only works for 30 minutes before it needs to be reapplied.
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Before becoming a famous chef, Julia Child worked for the OSS where she helped the U.S. spy agency develop shark repellent, a critical ingredient in protecting explosives used to sink German U-boats during World War II. The repellent is still used by the U.S. Navy. Get me some of that!
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