DEEP, a UK-based company, is developing the Sentinel system, which states that a modular underwater habitat could enable humans to live at a depth of 200 meters for 28 days.
DEEP, a marine technology company headquartered in the UK, has acquired a decommissioned diving site to serve as a research center and has revealed its mission to “transform humans into aquatic beings.”
Model of modules allowing humans to live for 28 days at a depth of 200m.
The foundation of this plan is a modular underwater habitat known as the Sentinel system, which allows humans to live and work at a depth of 200 meters for up to one month.
The Sentinel system consists of interconnected modules that can be utilized for various purposes, from collecting data on ocean chemistry to excavating historical shipwrecks.
The habitat can be expanded into different shapes to accommodate missions with six people as well as research stations for up to 50 individuals.
The company hopes that this habitat will promote a permanent human presence underwater, similar to the International Space Station (ISS), which has allowed humans to live and work in space since 2000.
With wrecks lying at a depth of 50 meters, divers can only stay underwater for approximately 12 minutes before needing to surface. An underwater habitat placed on the seafloor near a shipwreck could serve as a base for divers.
The prototype of the Sentinel system will allow three people to live at a depth of 100 meters for up to one week and is set to be tested in early 2025.
