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Personal Submarine for 845k

Posted by michael on from the dot-com-stock-options-go-to-good-use dept.

joeldg writes "CNN is carrying a story on the gemini three-person submersible. 'Forget the yacht, mansion and private jet. This is Gemini, the family submarine described by inventor Robert Leeds as the world's first underwater sports car.' However, the submarine only goes about five knots, so speed is not its primary focus. It can handle three people for three days at depths of up to 50 meters. Not quite a James Bond sub-car, but cool nonetheless. The official site has lots of pictures."

6 of 188 comments (clear)

  1. Why is it Yellow? by Basehart · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since when do submarines have to be Yellow?

  2. Hey lets whats that down there? by atoman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dive...dive....dive... eeeeeerak psshit LEAK!

  3. Hmm by TheSpoom · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We all live in... no, I know, it's redundant. No, I'll see myself out...

    --
    It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
    - E. Debs
  4. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 56 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's too bad about Stephen King.. It seems like he's dieing once a week these days.

  5. Jethro Tull... the real story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jethro Tull
    (1674-1741)
    Born: 1674 at Basilson, Berkshire
    Agriculturalist
    Died: 1741 at Hungerford, Berkshire

    Jethro Tull (1674-1741), born in Basildon in 1674, was a major pioneer in the modernisation of agriculture. The son of a Berkshire farmer, he trained for a legal career, but financial problems compelled him to opt instead for farming. Determined to improve agricultural methods and increase yields, Tull experimented at Howberry farm, Crowmarsh, near Wallingford with a seed-drill which could sew three rows of seeds simultaneously. Later, he devised a horse-drawn hoe to clear away weeds. In 1731, Tull published his ideas about farming and plant nutrition in The New Horse Houghing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation'. Despite initial resistance to Tull's revolutionary ideas, they were eventually adopted by large landowners, and in time formed the basis of modern agriculture. Tull died at Prosperous Farm, near Hungerford on 21 February 1741.

  6. Another fairly ambitious project by sploxx · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Here, from germany:
    http://www.euronaut.com/

    They are marine engineers, as it seems, so they know what they're doing...