One-Man Submarine for $2,000

[Ken]

Now THIS is cool! Anyone here with submarine or tech-building experience?

"The submarine's body may be constructed from drainage pipes and the hatch from a recycled skylight, but according to its 18-year-old inventor, this single-person U-boat can plunge to a depth of 30 feet and has already completed three successful dives."

High-school teen builds one-man submarine for $2,000

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/29/tech/i...?iref=obinsite


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[Aurelius95]

Nice. A very clever and creative young man.

[Ken]

Nice. A very clever and creative young man.

Turn him loose in a Raytheon stockroom, LOL.

[hunter63]

Very cool......That guy should go far.

Sure beats the upside down 30 gal oil drum, with concrete blocks as a ballast,....that we built as kids.
Air fro a compressor thru a fish tank regulator.

Didn't go anywhere, just kinda sat at the the bottom, so you could look around.

[finallyME]

MIT is probably looking at him.

[Winter]

Smart and brave kid.

[Rick]

"Can you hear me?"
"Just barely."
"Well, I'll be a little late for dinner."
"Where are you?"
"By my calculations about 30 feet down on the bottom of the lake. You don't have a can of compressed air handy do you? Hello?"