Try a Sub on for Size. Everyone can be an Ocean Maker, Tinkerer, Pilot and Explorer
Maker Faire Bay Area 2019
MAKERS
Graham Hawkes
Graham Hawkes ocean engineer/inventor designed and built more than 60 manned submersibles from atmospheric dive suits to flying subs. He held the record for the deepest solo ocean dive for over 20 years. Currently, he runs HAWX Open Ocean, whose mission is to design and build revolutionary, safe, affordable and manned and unmanned technologies with the goal of enabling undersea access for all.
Shanee Stopnitzky
Shanee Stopnitzky is a complex systems and marine scientist, evangelist of embodying wonder, and mother of two submersibles. She is the director of the Institute for Emergence, an organization that investigates and experiments with emergent phenomena in community, culture, conservation and complex systems. She founded the Community Submersibles Project in 2018, and is dedicated to convincing the w
Schedule:
Sunday, May 19
Zone 2 - Make: Frontiers2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Community Submersibles Project and HAWX Open Ocean are building a new “shoal “of underwater makers, divers, explores and ocean enthusiast, creating the next generation of private submersible techies, pilots and citizen scientists. Learn how you can join the ocean exploration revolution.
What inspired you to begin investigating your topic or inspired you to make your project?:
Driven by the need to make our ocean planet a better place for his grandkids, world-renown marine engineer and owner of HAWX Open Ocean, Graham Hawkes designed the Sea Rocket to make exploring more than 70% (how much of the plant’s surface is covered by the ocean) of our ocean planet possible for everyone, especially kids.
The Community Submersibles Project is fundamentally about making exploration on submersibles accessible. The set of sensations you have on a submersible dive are wholly unique, and impart the well-founded feeling that you are indeed experiencing one of the most remote corners of the human experience. These incredible machines have traditionally only been available to researchers and wealthy private owners, but they offer a rare and wondrous glimpse into the unknown that we believe everyone should get to experience.
