Ever want to live underwater in a 35-by-8-foot tube? You may soon have your wish, if one UK-based startup has anything to say about it.
New footage from Mashable shows a wild new project developed by DEEP, an ocean engineering company founded in 2021. Its pilot habitat, called the “Vanguard,” recently went online some 56 feet underwater, off the coast of Florida’s Tennessee Reef.
Don’t expect a five-star stay however, because the Vanguard is basically a glorified camper-van. It boasts a few main modules: a living space complete with four bunks, a sofa, and a galley; a combination bathroom-slash-science-lab; a moon pool and dive-chamber; and a semi-autonomous support buoy, responsible for providing oxygen, electricity, and communications with the outside word.
Unlike other underwater habitats that are fully lifted and lowered with every changing of the guard, the Vanguard is anchored to the seabed, indicating the startup plans to keep it operational for some time to come.
