Month: February 2014
High-Tech Exosuit Lets Scientist Divers Explore Underwater Canyons | LiveScience
Move over Ellen Ripley! High-Tech Exosuit Lets Scientist Divers Explore Underwater Canyons | LiveScience For more from the author, visit oceanopportunity.com. Donate today to enable exploration and to keep related content coming!
Read MoreExpedition Announced | first Exosuit ADS mission for science @oceanopp #exosuitproject
Correction: this mission has been reschedule for summer 2015 following technical difficulties in 2014. Stay tuned! The first scientific exploration mission utilizing the Exosuit ADS is taking place this summer (2014), approximately 100 miles off of the Rhode Island Coast at a location called the Canyons, while working in the mesopelagic environment (depths of 200…
Read MoreExpedition Announced | First Mission for Exosuit ADS @amnh @oceanopp #exosuitproject
Correction: this mission has been rescheduled for summer 2015 following technical difficulties in 2014. Stay tuned! The first scientific exploration mission utilizing the Exosuit ADS is taking place this summer (2014), approximately 100 miles off of the Rhode Island Coast at a location called the Canyons, while working in the mesopelagic environment (depths of 200…
Read Morewhy to live underwater – 72 days and beyond
The recent press announcement about the Roane State faculty members planning a 72 day stay underwater is certainly eye catching, and frankly, we need it. This type of underwater demonstration is long overdue. Consider that the Jules Undersea Lodge, where the expedition will take place, has been in place for decades, and while it certainly…
Read MoreAMNH Special Exhibit | The Exosuit
The Exosuitwill be on display at AMNH February 27 through March 5. http://www.amnh.org/calendar/the-exosuit For more from the author, visit oceanopportunity.com. Donate today to enable exploration and to keep related content coming!
Read Morethe consumer machine, mass conformity, and a new lfie in the sea
My weekend started with a task not too foreign to me in recent years – filling a 10 yard dumpster outside of my middle-class suburban home as we get the ball rolling with a basement renovation project. I asked myself, yet again, “where does all the garbage go?” Now, I certainly do not pretend to have…
Read Morea ‘flood’ of insight about our past, and our future
There are a few stories that make us all stop for a moment and contemplate the realities of the world we live in. One of them is the flood, as in THE flood. Recent archaeological finds in Iraq revealed a cuneiform tablet that references what may likely be a 4000 year old version of the…
Read Morethriving within our ‘space’
A recent New York Times piece discussed the many complications, ongoing research, and future direction of long duration human spaceflight and travel. http://nyti.ms/1jY8yR4 From physiology to psychology, living and working within not only a confined space, but with finite resources that must be very carefully managed (no binging for a late night snack!), and in…
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