Wearing artificial fish helps people breathe underwater

So if in the future, when the Earth is submerged in sea water, we don't need to be too worried.

If you have an esper power, what ability will you choose? In addition to flying and controlling things by thinking, breathing in water is also one of the strengths chosen by many people. You can go to the sea to play with Neptune or Ariel mermaid, and even when the Earth warms, the sea level rises and people are forced to live in the ocean, you don't have to worry.

I am about to have the opportunity to socialize with these two characters.

Therefore, a student of the Royal College of Art has designed a suit called Amphibio to realize this man's dream. According to Jun Kamei, a material scientist and creator of this artificial fish fin, the idea of ​​it stems from the prospect of the future, Earth can be submerged in water, and this shirt will be saved. wings for humans.

"A prospect for us to live more amphibians and I started designing wearable Amphibio," Kamei said.

Amphibio - artificial fishing suit.

As predicted by climatologists, the temperature worldwide will increase by 3.2 degrees Celsius by 2100. This will be a huge threat to residents living in cities, The coastal plain is likely to affect up to 2 billion people - equivalent to 26% of the current world population.

The idea for Amphibio comes from water spiders and insects with super hydrophobic skin, allowing them to collect and hold air bubbles on the skin's surface. This suit is 3D printed with polymer material with a two-part structure including gills and respirators that act as an artificial fish. Its effect is to help users breathe underwater.

Kamei has successfully built the first prototype of Amphibio, which can extract oxygen from water and release carbon dioxide again - this proves the potential of this special suit. The micro holes in the material allow air to pass through, but prevent any water from entering it.

Unfortunately, due to the need for large oxygen consumption, the amount of oxygen that Amphibio secretes is not enough to sustain human respiration. In order for us to breathe in water longer, Kamei needs to create a bearing that has at least 32 square meters of surface.

How the Amphibio fish suit works.

The application of this suit can be used in underwater rescue cases - like the Thai teenage team being stuck in a cave for example. It took many weeks for the 12 boys to go out because it was complicated to transport bulky diving equipment in narrow walks and winding tunnels, if this artificial fish kit was successfully developed, it would be around The above time will be significantly shortened.

This technology has just stopped at prototype products and has not been tested with humans, so perhaps our desire still has to wait for a while to realize. But don't worry too much, Kamei said it was the next step in his plan.