I used to love SeaQuest DSV, a Star Trek style show that went where no man has gone before – the depths of the ocean. There were underwater colonies, people who could breathe underwater with gills, and even a talking Dolphin. This show had it all. Action. Drama. Sci-Fi storylines. It even had a guest appearance from Brittany Snow at one point! As far as I was concerned it was a precursor to everything that would follow. In just a few short years we would have underwater cities in real life and I would go live in one alongside Jonathan Brandis.
But that never happened. In fact, when it comes to our oceans not much of anything has happened. Sadly, we know more about the surface of Mars than we do the ocean floor. Large swaths of the Earth remain unexplored because the technology that can take us there doesn’t exist. But technological limitations won’t hold us back much longer. In fact, we may finally have something that could help us perform underwater tasks that neither humans nor robots can accomplish. A new technological marvel that looks like something that could have appeared on an episode of SeaQuest.
According to Futurism:
“A new autonomous robot called Aquanaut may be the closest thing we have to a real-life Transformer. The robot can shape-shift between a mermaid-like humanoid form and a submarine form, according to IEEE Spectrum. That makes it better-suited for deep-sea repairs and other tasks that other robots struggle to perform — but are too dangerous for human divers.”
Half mermaid and half submarine?! Now we’re talking! Now, if someone can just make a talking Dolphin we’d finally be on our way to recreating SeaQuest!
Is the Aquanaut the Greatest Idea Ever?
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