Ocean Observatory and Ocean Sciences Diving Platform
Wilson McCord, M.A.
The ocean observatory is a bio-inspired design project
that will provide an intermediate diving platform and laboratory
anchored in the ocean. It will serve as a station between scientific
collection points and home laboratories. The station would give
scientists the ability to analyze data during and immediately after
collection as well as monitor the ocean science data ranging from ocean
physics to marine biology. Investigators will be able to view the ocean
from beneath the observatory through a thick acrylic base. Limited
sleeping space will allow a few scientists to stay for short periods.
Numerous institutes and universities collect scientific data from buoys
and stations that require a round trip excursion with little time at sea
to rest or analyze collected data. The diving platform was conceived by
the scientist Wilson McCord. His science platform would allow experts
to check their research at the diving station before returning to their
home laboratories.
