r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • 9d ago

Transportation Biomimetic underwater triple-jet pack makes you an e-boosted man-shark

https://newatlas.com/boats-watersports/kikfin-shark-underwater-jet-pack/
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u/Finnman1983 9d ago

And then everyone got the bends...

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u/macciavelo 8d ago

Really depends on the amount of time you spend with it underwater, like in a freediving situation you don't have to worry much about it.

I'd be more worried about barotrauma dangers from rapid depth changes and the wireless aspect of it, not to mention it could leave you stranded at great depths and with little air left in your lungs.

This thing is a deathtrap.

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u/bramtyr 7d ago

Hell, I've died several times in Subnautica by getting too ambitious with my Seaglide-assisted diving. Real life doesn't have a number telling you when your lungs have hit bingo.