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skywizard
5th June 2014, 13:07
http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg22229724.300/mg22229724.300-1_300.jpg Like an underwater Iron Man, a diver will fly around the wreck of an ancient Greek ship later this year, looking to shed light on the Antikythera mechanism.

THE world's most advanced robotic diving suit is getting ready to help search for one of the world's oldest computers.

Called Exosuit, the suit has a rigid metal humanoid form with Iron Man-like thrusters that enable divers to operate safely down to depths of 300 metres (see photo).

Though designed for diving in the bowels of New York City's water treatment plants, earlier this month it underwent its first trials in seawater at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts. The tests are readying the suit for a daring attempt to excavate an ancient Roman shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera in the Aegean Sea. A century ago, divers pulled the world's oldest computer – the Antikythera mechanism – from the wreck. They are hoping that they will find a second device when they go down in September.



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Tonz
5th June 2014, 13:29
seems like the one of the best ideas ive heard in a long time, there are many wrecks they can explore and study , but that one had the the Antikythera mechanism, one of the best quests ,and not to deep, i will look forward to this expedition.