Test series in mountain lakes in Switzerland and abroad (Lake Titicaca, Kenya, Tibet); development of dive computers Decobrain 2, Aladin, Aladin Pro, Aladin Air X, Deco Tables Bühlmann 86
On 31 May 1986, Swiss television broadcast this story.
It is about a diving expedition to the sunken ship Jura in Lake Constance. The programme lasts 1h 25m. Kurt Amsler leads the diving team. After 15 minutes, Albert A. Bühlmann is interviewed by Kurt Aeschbacher for the first time. After about 50 minutes there is a second interview with him. He explains the challenges of decompression and explains how the dive computer works, using the example of the Decobrain 2 from Divetronic AG, which he was one of the developers. Decobrain 2 calculated with 16 tissues.
On 9 March 1989, Swiss television broadcast this story.
The success story of the Aladin is shown in the programme «Netto». The producer was Uwatec AG (Karl Leemann). The software was developed by Dynatron AG (Ernst Völlm and Markus Mock). Albert A. Bühlmann worked intensively with Dynatron and Uwatec until his death in 1994. During this time, the products Aladin, Aladin Pro and Aladin Air X were introduced to the market. A computational model with 6 tissues was developed for these compact dive computers and one with 8 tissues for the Aladin Air X.
1986
Government Council Dr. A. Gilgen informs Albert Bühlmann in a letter of 6 January of his regret at the decision and expresses his hope that Albert Bühlmann will come back to the decision.
The development contract between the University of Zurich and STATOIL is terminated after a few months as expected by Albert Bühlmann.
Diving test No. 456 in Lago di Lucendro under the medical supervision of Albert Bühlmann with 14 divers.
Albert Bühlmann participates in the workshop of the Undersea and Hyerbaric Medical Society USA in Tokyo.
The «Bühlmann Table 1986» is announced by the Swiss Underwater Sports Association; Beat Müller publishes the article «Basis of calculation of the «Bühlmann Table 1986» in NEREUS.
Albert Bühlmann travels to Havana, Cuba, at the invitation of the Cuban Ministry of Research and Development; the reason for the invitation is the Cuban government’s exploration project on the continental shelf.
1987
The Swiss zero-time dive computer «Aladin» achieves a commercial breakthrough; behind the product are the producer Uwatec AG, the software developer Dynatron AG and Albert Bühlmann as medical advisor.
Participation of Albert Bühlmann in the workshop of the Undersea and Hyerbaric Medical Society USA, Duke University, Durham.
British-Swiss diving expedition to Lake Titicaca at 3800 metres; Albert Bühlmann compiles special decompression tables for altitudes from 2501 to 4500 metres; successful test reports on the dive computers «Aladin» and «Deco-Brain» are documented in the expedition report «Exercice Paddington Diamond».
1988
Under the medical supervision of Albert Bühlmann 74 dives are carried out in Lago di Lucendro and Muttsee; for the dives in Lago di Lucendro the ZH-86 tables and the Deco-Brain with P2-2 are used; for the dives in Muttsee the coefficients ZH-L12 and ZH-L16A are used.
Aladin Pro from Uwatec AG is announced, a fully-fledged decompression computer with a calculation model jointly revised by Albert Bühlmann, Ernst B.Völlm and Markus Mock.
Albert Bühlmann becomes honorary member of «Erster österreicherischer Berufstauchlehrerverband» and of «United Diving Instructors».
1994
Albert Bühlmann and Ernst B. Völlm present the «intelligent» dive computer Aladin Air X with the new Bühlmann computational model ZH-L8 ADT at «Boot» in Düsseldorf on 25 January; the computational model considers the variability of blood flow in organs, muscles and skin due to exertion and cooling by integrating a micro gas bubble system.
Albert Bühlmann dies on 16 March 1994.
Obituaries are published by Prof. Dr. med. E. Russi in Schweiz. Medizinische Wochenschrift and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung; by Ernst B. Völlm and Georg Götte, R.W. Billl Hamilton and Heinz Schreiner all in Pressure, Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society.
