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more about #ocean more comments → Chip Skylark of Space: Looks like something I would have drawn in junior high. That was a long time ago, and I've moved on. more » misterdevious: Ain't gonna happen...at least, not like this. It seems poorly thought out to me. No means for an emergency extraction (helicopter pad, anyone?), no m... more » J_Frank_Parnell: If only there was something that existed that allowed us to float around the world's oceans, with living space and storage capacity for supplies... more » IraeNicole: Now if someone would draw some supersharks swimming around inside there eating people. Deep Blue Sea 2: Morgan Freeman's Revenge. more » Roklimber: A related tip... [io9.com] more » Ruthless, If you let me: This is just a tall, half-submerged boat, right? Am I missing something? How would this be better than a regular ship? Also, where is the propulsion s... more » BangarangRufio867: Looks like they are 10 years ahead of SeaLab 2021. Can't wait for this to be on Cartoon Network! more » Roklimber: Wait, did I read it right? Jean-Loup Piccard? :) more » GreyHammer: i dont know how this can be what they imagine. where will it be located? how will this be a hub for more than one research team? the ISS works because... more » graviton1066002: NASA and NOAA already have Aquarius off the Florida Keys ... [en.wikipedia.org] more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Well, that's cool and everything, but don't we already have boats? more » icelight: I was going to dismiss this as another architect's silly flight of fancy. And then everything changed with just two little words. "Trampoline deck." O... more » BritAnaxibia: In terms of reseeding the sahara, there is no need. within the sahara remains some of the most fertile soil. What the region lacks is water. Dust that... more » -
#conceptart
Seafaring "Space Station" Could Ride the Oceans
The International Space Station has given humanity a foothold in space; should we have an equivalent station rounding Earth's oceans? A team is currently working to make their floating oceanographic laboratory a watery reality. More » -
#environmentalfuturism
Ocean Shows Up In The Middle of Africa
At the same time as Paraguay is drying up, Africa is ripping open, a slow process that will result in the emergence of a whole new ocean, according to Scientific American. The rip you see above can't be resewn — as Eitan Haddock's photographs document. Last year, scientists watched an 8 meter rip in the earth appear in only three weeks. Change is nothing new for this part of the world: researchers recently revealed that the Sahara was entirely covered in vegetation at many points during the last 120,000 years. Watch an ocean appear before your disbelieving eyes, after the jump. More » -
#futurism
Want to Live in a Real-Life Waterworld City?
The so-called Freedom Ship, a floating city of thousands, is an idea that has been tossed around for a while. Now the Freedom Ship company has a new set of designs for the floating urban space, which looks sort of like a giant mall parking lot, and sort of like a really giant Love Boat. Here you can see the new design of the ship. The designers estimate they'll have it built in three years. Here are some of the specs on this giant ship city. More » -
#thehost2
Could the Cloverfield Monster Ever Top This?
We just told you about how Host 2, the sequel to last year's awesome giant-pollution-monster movie from Korea, would have multiple cool monsters. Well, here's one of 'em, from the first Host. Top this, Cloverfield weenies! If your monster were this cool, I bet you wouldn't be afraid to show it before the flick comes out. -
#conceptdesign
Kick Up Some Waves With This Flying Sea Pod
Antigrav will give us flying cars, but more importantly it'll reinvent jetski technology. These seacraft hoverpods look sexier than those pod racers in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Plus you could zip up onto the beach and spray sand in the face of the jock who bullied you during high school. More » -
