Japanese Firm Unveils Design For Underwater City
- 9 years ago
A Japan-based construction company has unveiled its design for an entire underwater city that can accommodate up to 5,000 residents.
The human population is constantly growing, and it may be time to look into other places to live, including underwater.
A Japan-based construction company has unveiled its design for a subaquatic city that can accommodate up to 5,000 residents. The proposed city is being called the "Ocean Spiral."
Three sections will make up the structure. A floating sphere or pod that has a diameter of nearly 1,650 feet will rest just beneath the surface of the ocean.
The pod will contain both residences and businesses, with a spiral path connecting the sphere to the seabed. This will allow scientists to utilize energy resources from the ocean floor.
For example, carbon dioxide will turn into methane with help from microorganisms. Power generators that are installed around the sea dome will make use of seawater temperature fluctuations to create even more energy, as part of an action known as thermal energy conversion.
Hydraulic pressure helps produce desalinated water, which will in turn be jetted into the sphere. Staffers with the construction company believe the technology needed to make such a city exist will be available within the next 15 years.
The human population is constantly growing, and it may be time to look into other places to live, including underwater.
A Japan-based construction company has unveiled its design for a subaquatic city that can accommodate up to 5,000 residents. The proposed city is being called the "Ocean Spiral."
Three sections will make up the structure. A floating sphere or pod that has a diameter of nearly 1,650 feet will rest just beneath the surface of the ocean.
The pod will contain both residences and businesses, with a spiral path connecting the sphere to the seabed. This will allow scientists to utilize energy resources from the ocean floor.
For example, carbon dioxide will turn into methane with help from microorganisms. Power generators that are installed around the sea dome will make use of seawater temperature fluctuations to create even more energy, as part of an action known as thermal energy conversion.
Hydraulic pressure helps produce desalinated water, which will in turn be jetted into the sphere. Staffers with the construction company believe the technology needed to make such a city exist will be available within the next 15 years.