Posted on 01/15/2014 12:48:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Designer Jeabyun Yeon has created something great. Essentially it turns humans into fish.
“Triton uses a new technology of artificial gill model. - It extracts oxygen under water through a filter in the form of fine threads with holes smaller than water molecules. - This is a technology developed by a Korean scientist that allows us to freely breathe under water for a long time. - Using a very small but powerful micro compressor, it compresses oxygen and stores the extracted oxygen in storage tank. - The micro compressor operates through micro battery. - The micro battery is a next-generation technology with a size 30 times smaller than current battery that can quickly charge 1,000 times faster.” – Yanko Design
With the Triton Oxygen Respirator, it might be possible to breathe beneath the surface of the water as if you were a fish. Requiring no bulky tank to keep your lungs pumping properly, this invention of scuba diving equipment is much more ergonomic and organic in design.
The regulator comprises a plastic mouthpiece that requires you to simply bite down. There are two arms that branch out to the sides of the scuba mask that have been developed to function like the efficient gills of a marine creature. The scaly texture conceals small holes in the material where water is sucked into Jeabyun Yeon’s Triton. Chambers inside separate the oxygen and release the liquid so that you can breath comfortably in the ocean.
Sources:
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/triton-oxygen-respirator
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spotlight-Odd-Looking-Scuba-Mask-Turns-You-Into-a-Fish-413882.shtml
http://www.yankodesign.com/2014/01/03/scuba-breath/
“I wonder how much free oxygen is available in a cave..”
Depends on the cave. I’m not a cave diver because I want to die in bed, but I do know several. I doubt any cave divers would trust this thing. heck they take 3 of everything.
I guess I could buddy breath with the big chested blonde girl.
Cool. Sounds like there are still a few kinks to work out, though.
they will be testing this in pools for years I guess
Ping!
Made me think of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9To2ZhnOdE
(1983...A Merman I Should Turn To Be, Jimi Hendrix)
"Eying little girls with bad intent"
Presumably one would carry a tank of reserve air sufficient to safely research the surface. This would enable much longer dives with a smaller tank.
He did.... that’s the way I always took it...
Breathable underwater oxygen - cold fusion - what next?
Correct. O2 becomes progressively more toxic the deeper you go.
Given that there is a “micro-compressor” drawing the gas through minute holes of the gill, I’d have to say that this is a glorified snorkel. Plus, relying on a battery? I don’t think so...
I’m Star Wars ignorant.
Pretty wild when you think about stuff like this. My mom said that space suits ended up very much like the ones in comic books when she was a kid.
“Secondly, an active diver requires about a quart of oxygen per minute”
Wouldn’t that be air per minute? Which would come from 10 gallons of water? Also, the water is in contact with the outside of the filter. Th outside is exposed to a lot of water, The pump only has to handle the quart of oxygen per minute.
It’d be nice to have a car if you crashed into a pond.
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