New personal Submarine

August · 02-22-11, 04:12 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovat...ex.html?hpt=C2

I want one!

Weiss Pinguin · 02-22-11, 04:26 PM

I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT

Gerald · 02-22-11, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by August

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovat...ex.html?hpt=C2

I want one!

Cool! What is the price tag on

SgtPotato · 02-22-11, 04:36 PM

Who the heck going to buy that stupid and ugly-looking submarine?!

Gargamel · 02-22-11, 04:38 PM

It's not a sub... just a really unhydrodynamically designed glass bottom boat. It doesn't dive.

August · 02-22-11, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

It's not a sub... just a really unhydrodynamically designed glass bottom boat. It doesn't dive.

While it's true that it's not a sub it is way better than just a glass bottomed boat. You're immersed rather than just looking through a window.

Castout · 02-22-11, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SgtPotato

Who the heck going to buy that stupid and ugly-looking submarine?!

Sir with all due respect you just financed that. I'm sure we can get another idiot to buy it.

Feuer Frei! · 02-22-11, 07:49 PM

Whaaaat?! It doesn't dive??

Jimbuna · 02-22-11, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Whaaaat?! It doesn't dive??

It will....but you'll need to break one of the windows first

Feuer Frei! · 02-22-11, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

It will....but you'll need to break one of the windows first

Kind of like crash-(window)-dive!

Gargamel · 02-22-11, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by August

While it's true that it's not a sub it is way better than just a glass bottomed boat. You're immersed rather than just looking through a window.

For the amount that it's going to cost, I can go get a rebreather, some high end Face masks, and go be even more immersed as a diver. In fact, for the same cost, I bet I could out fit a decent dive boat.

Concept is okay, but execution

. I bet they could double the battery life if they added the simplest of streamlining to the 'capsule'.

And from the article, it seems they are aiming it at yacht owners. I don't see a practical, and space saving way of securing it on deck. It's the wrong shape!

Weiss Pinguin · 02-22-11, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

And from the article, it seems they are aiming it at yacht owners. I don't see a practical, and space saving way of securing it on deck. It's the wrong shape!

That's because it goes in the water, silly

If you wanted to be dry on deck, why would you buy an upside down boat in the first place?

razark · 02-22-11, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

It will....but you'll need to break one of the windows first

Submarines are special, not because they can go under water, but because they can come back up.

Platapus · 02-22-11, 09:59 PM

I think this really sums up the utility of this

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Think of it as more akin to snorkeling than scuba diving.

I can see this being used in resorts where there are coral reefs at about 30 feet.

Might actually be better for the reefs if the humans were contained in a cell instead of crapping up the reefs.

Gargamel · 02-22-11, 10:13 PM

Meh... If you want snorkleing but with immersion... then get one of these....

They're usually tethered to a float to about 15-20 ft so A) You can't get compressed and B) The dive master can track you. They probably cost about 1/20th the price of that 'boat'.

I like these things though. Last time I was SCUBA diving off the Bahamas, I would sneak up on these things, and suddenly tap on the window, people would freak out.

And since I'm on a roll, here's some photo's from that dive trip, doing some of the Shark dives. (Stupid airport gate security refused to hand check the film bag, so the scanner DESTROYED most of the film, this is all I got form that dive

)

EDIT:

Found a VERY short clip of the Dive from one of my dive partners. I just emailed her to see if she had more of the footage. http://img88.imageshack.us/i/no8.mp4/

Ok since that link is BS, I went through the hell that is signing up for youtube, so here is the VERY short video:

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Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT __________________

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Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	It's not a sub... just a really unhydrodynamically designed glass bottom boat. It doesn't dive. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

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Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Whaaaat?! It doesn't dive?? __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

02-22-11, 10:13 PM	#15
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Meh... If you want snorkleing but with immersion... then get one of these.... They're usually tethered to a float to about 15-20 ft so A) You can't get compressed and B) The dive master can track you. They probably cost about 1/20th the price of that 'boat'. I like these things though. Last time I was SCUBA diving off the Bahamas, I would sneak up on these things, and suddenly tap on the window, people would freak out. And since I'm on a roll, here's some photo's from that dive trip, doing some of the Shark dives. (Stupid airport gate security refused to hand check the film bag, so the scanner DESTROYED most of the film, this is all I got form that dive ) EDIT: Found a VERY short clip of the Dive from one of my dive partners. I just emailed her to see if she had more of the footage. http://img88.imageshack.us/i/no8.mp4/ Ok since that link is BS, I went through the hell that is signing up for youtube, so here is the VERY short video: __________________ Luck is a residue of Design. Last edited by Gargamel; 02-22-11 at 10:35 PM.