Tag: ocean space
UArizona Professor’s Underwater Tent Invention to Appear on Shark Week
An underwater tent co-invented by a University of Arizona professor will be featured during the Discovery Channel’s popular Shark Week this month. Dubbed the Ocean Space Habitat, the portable inflatable tent allows occupants to essentially camp out underwater. Co-invented by UArizona professor Winslow Burleson and professional diver Michael Lombardi, the tent will be featured in the episode “The Great Hammerhead Stakeout,”…
Read Moreexploration and social responsibility
This evening, I had one of those moments when it all hit me. I took my 2 1/2 year old daughter outside for one last spin before bedtime in hopes of helping to wind her down. As these nights tend to go, the fresh air ends up more of a pick me up than anything,…
Read MoreThe Turtle Wins the (Inner)Space Race
We (people of westernized civilization at large) have been discussing, with disbelief, the disproportionate investments made by government and the private sector into space exploration versus ocean exploration for a half a century. Since my departure from duty on Lee Stocking Island – one of the NOAA Undersea Research Centers (NURC) in 2006, which served as the closest thing…
Read MoreCousteau was NOT a marine biologist
He was however (& in fact) everything but, and all of the resources that the marine biologist needs to effectively communicate his/her work and find a new competitive edge. Cousteau was an innovator, an environmentalist, an author, and an explorer. He facilitated access to a new frontier, afforded a vehicle to take people there, and…
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