My birthday is coming up in a couple months (Aries baby!) and I just want to let Peter and Craig know what I want for my birthday. I'm not an unrealistic man. I won't go for say, the Proteus or anything. But I sure wouldn't mind one of the Human-Propelled Submarines being built by the mechanical engineering students at the University of Washington. Its like the ultimate underwater bike! Its perfect for all the river and coastal commuters out there.
To propel the submarine, one person pedals, like on a bicycle. The other person navigates with the controls in the front, and the two sit back-to-back.The submarine is flooded, which might seem a bit counterintuitive, but the two people inside are in dive gear. Kim said that you just move the water inside along with the people and submarine.
OK, so you need two people. Maybe it isn't practical for everyday use, but its pretty cool!
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Talking to submarines is a very a tricky business - most communication systems are based on radio or acoustic signals, but neither travel very far in water.
Part two of four in a series about Greenpeace recent manned submersible expedition to two of the largest submarine canyons in the world, the Pribilof and Zhemchug Canyons in the Bering Sea off the west coast of Alaska.
I don't myself visit Watts' blog unless someone points to something particularly funny or egregious, and the comment threads are so long and monotonous it is even rarer that I go there.
That'd look way cooler on a trailer than your average bass boat!
You know, I hadn't thought of that. I would totally just drive around with it all the time to show off.