A university professor is embarking on a groundbreaking challenge of living underwater for up to 100 consecutive days.
The experiment seeks to show us the effects of living underwater for extended periods. Not to mention that this daring project is also set to break a new world record along the way.
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Living Underwater for 100 Days
Interesting Engineering reports that a university professor plans to live underwater for 100 days.
Joseph Dituri, a University of South Florida associate professor, will be living underwater for up to 30 feet below the surface. The area of his experiment is similar to a size of an apartment of up to 100-square-foot, a habitat at the Jules' Undersea Lodge.
According to Popular Mechanics, Dituri will continue his life as a university professor while underwater for more than a month. With that, he will continue to hold his biomedical engineering classes as he embarks on this breathtaking mission.
While he continues his teaching endeavor, he will routinely run tests as he lives underwater for an extended time. But on top of that, he will also take the same tests before and after the experiment. It includes psychosocial and physiological tests, as well as ultrasounds, blood panels, and electrocardiograms.
The professor notes that "the human body has never been underwater that long, so I will be monitored closely."
But why is he doing all of this?
Increased Pressure Might Do Wonders to Our Bodies
The University of South Florida professor believes that the experiment will show us what living underwater does to our bodies.
But what really pushes him to pursue this project is his hope that doing so will make him a "superhuman.
He notes that "this study will examine every way this journey impacts my body, but my null hypothesis is that there will be improvements to my health due to the increased pressure."
Popular Mechanics notes in its report that Dituri says that an earlier study points out that increased pressure doubles the cells of humans. And as such, he believes that it could not only increase longevity but also prevent diseases brought on by aging.
Furthermore, he says that "we suspect I am going to come out superhuman."
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New World Record
The upcoming 100-day experiment is the first rodeo to live underwater. In fact, the current world record covers up to 73 days.
The record holders are two professors as well, who also did the project at the same location, the Jules' Undersea Lodge.
Besides the record, the experiment seeks to prove his point that living underwater for a hundred days might do wonders for our bodies.
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