Permanent Undersea Homes Soon; Temporary Ones Now

MMBK writes "Dennis Chamberland is one of the world's preeminent aquanauts. He's worked with NASA to develop living habitats and underwater plant growth labs, among other cool things. His next goal is establishing the world's first permanent underwater colony. This video gets to the heart of his project, literally and figuratively, as most is shot in his underwater habitat, Atlantica, off the coast of Key Largo, FL. The coolest part might be the moon pool, the room you swim into underwater."

Comments

Re:Cousteau

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, and we all know how it went. Damn splicers.

Rapture?

[thePowersGang]

I hope to god this doesn't turn into a real life Bioshock... or maybe not, Rapture seems like a cool idea without the Adam mutated splicers.

Unda da sea

[MLS100]

Thank you for that lame song in my head all day.

below sea level

[scheveningen]

Having lived below sea level in Holland for the most of my life: duh.

Global warming solution. . .

[JSBiff]

Here we go - just start replacing current coastal buildings with these, and when the sea level rises 8 or 10 feet, everyone will be ready.

[JohnHodgemanVoice]You're welcome![/JohnHodgemanVoice]

Oblig Simpsons

[AlgorithMan]

Homer: Stupid Flounders

How is this being financed?

[Locke2005]

They really need to beware of predatory lending practices when financing these habitats... they could very easily become underwater on their mortgage!