Why hasn’t anyone invented a better way to breathe underwater?

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Thinking specifically of scuba diving. It requires a ton of equipment and training and can still be dangerous. In movies there’s always some kind of little gadget that allows people to breathe underwater without all that equipment. Why can’t we build a simple mouth piece with an oxygen canister attached that we could carry around and breathe into when we need?

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They have, what you’re talking about exists. But they’re not very useful if you actually want to stay underwater for a decent amount of time, or go deep.

The other main drawback with it is all the things you take off are the things that tell you you’re going to die or are doing a job to keep you alive. There’s no unnecessary stuff just for fun, or to be awkward.

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