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‘My head’s underwater but I’m breathing fine’. What if that was not just a metaphor? What if you could literally breathe under water?

At the University of Southern Denmark researchers have been working on a material that can make us have a feel of being amphibian with ease. The material is a bio-organic cobalt based one.

The grains of the fabric absorb oxygen and store it. The rate of absorption is dependent on the temperature and barometric pressure, it can take place anytime between seconds and days. The chemisorption takes place in air and also in water and can be released into the divers system gradually by heating or in a vacuum. Each grain contains artificial hemoglobin that helps in the synthesis of the oxygen.

The material could allow divers stay underwater for large periods of time without the burden of bulky oxygen tanks. There are also medical benefits for lung patients who have to trudge around with large tanks.

If the material becomes commercial, it could be used in space travel, or even by firefighters during rescue missions. Adventurers climbing high altitudes will have an easier task especially where the air pressure makes breathing difficult.

Who knows? Underwater cities and settlements may be closer than we think.

And people could be attending John Legend concerts underwater.

-Patrick Oke jr

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  1. Apachee zooma

    April 24, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    Live under water? Dat na mammy water level. I fear marine spirits o. All weapon fashioned against mua go fall yakata.

  2. damizzle!!

    April 26, 2015 at 6:36 pm

    under water,away from ds heat sounds cool..i’l be neighbours with NEMO.

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