Exosuit Opens Up Ocean Depths
22 Jul 2014
Deep down in the ocean, far below where most humans have gone, there’s an unexplored world of glowing sea creatures and mysterious environments that scientists are desperate to study.
To reach these depths – and explore them safely – researchers rely on hi-tech, space-age equipment like the Exosuit, the latest version of which a New York researcher recently tested at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.
John Sparks, curator-in-charge at the American Museum of Natural History’s department of ichthyology, studies bioluminescence in fish, and hopes to use the suit in an upcoming expedition to get closer to the fish than ever before.