IDEAS: DEEP Unveils Ambitious Vision for Modular Underwater Living
Key Points
- DEEP has announced plans for a permanent human habitat under the ocean, utilizing modular Sentinel habitats.
- The underwater base will accommodate living pods and research facilities, allowing scientists to live at depths up to 200 meters for 28 days.
- Construction is proposed to start in 2027, with the base initially set up in the UK's South West and Wales.
Summary
DEEP, an ocean technology company, has unveiled plans for a permanent underwater habitat using modular Sentinel habitats. The base will support living pods and research facilities, enabling scientists to reside underwater at depths of up to 200 meters for up to 28 days. With construction proposed for 2027, the initial base is set up in the UK's South West and Wales.
Ambitious plans for a permanent human habitat under the ocean have been announced by ocean technology and exploration company, DEEP.
The company - whose purpose is to ‘Make Humans Aquatic’ - will construct the underwater base using submarines, and will use its modular Sentinel habitats to house living pods, research facilities and underwater observatories.
According to DEEP, the modular system is ‘endlessly configurable, completely customisable, and flexes seamlessly to accommodate short-term through to semi-permanent deployments, anywhere on the Continental Shelf’.
The new underwater habitat will allow scientists to live underwater at depths of up to 200 meters for up to 28 days at a time, and is proposed to begin construction as soon as 2027. The company has also launched its own diving institute, which aims to to increase the number of competent, qualified divers capable of undertaking such an ambitious underwater construction project.
The initial base for the project has been set up in the UK’s South West and Wales, thanks to its unique cluster of relevant industry expertise.
Photo Credit: Credit: DEEP DEEP
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