(1) Hawkes Ocean Technologies. Graham Hawkes, founder and chief engineer of Hawkes Ocean Technologies | In-depth. 13 May 2012 | By Stephen Harris Winged submersible specialist Graham Hawkes has set his sights on making undersea exploration more affordable. When film director James Cameron became the first man to complete a solo trip to the deepest point in the ocean, Graham Hawkes was happy to be thousands of miles away, diving in the two-man winged submersible he had built for billionaire businessman Tom Perkins. Of course, most people would be happy in this situation, and for Hawkes it’s a regular part of his routine - he has spent the past four decades designing manned underwater vehicles for research, industry and personal pleasure.
But on that day he was particularly glad to be away from civilisation, as Cameron and his team were busy achieving what Hawkes had been striving for for more than 20 years. Sea saw: the viewing dome considerably increased the complexity of the design ‘I always felt it could be done for much less money - $5m instead of $100m,’ said Hawkes. Wired 11.03: VIEW. Go Deep! The US needs a NASA for exploring the oceans. By Graham S. Hawkes NASA sold it. NASA has had its day. About 94 percent of life on Earth resides in the oceans. We've seen some of these organisms clustering around midocean thermal vents - small undersea volcanoes that spew 400-degree water spiked with toxic chemicals. The abundance of exotic biomass is a potential boon for the biotech industry. So the dream of recovering helium-3 fuel from the moon, 238,000 miles away, simply doesn't make sense. And what about those groovy lunar colonies? Currently, the entire US scientific community shares a single, 12-year-old submersible named Alvin.
Japan is already there, having created the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, which secures rights to deep-sea minerals, territories, and potential food sources. Graham S. Previous Story: How is technology changing surgery? Next Story: hot seat. 'Flying' submarines plumb hidden depths. 8 September 2010Last updated at 00:18 By Peter Day Presenter, Global Business Peter Day meets Graham Hawkes to find out about his underwater flying machines Two-thirds of the earth is underwater. We glide over the surface of the oceans, but we still have very little idea what is going on even a few metres down.
We spend billions sending craft and people into space, but we do not really know what happens under the waves. One man who finds that more than curious is Graham Hawkes, a beneath-the-sea maverick who has been working on underwater craft for most of his life. It is a lonely, driven quest, relying rather dangerously on the engagement and backing of a few wealthy enthusiasts. Born in London, Mr Hawkes learnt his engineering expertise in the defence industry, working initially on torpedoes in Norfolk, England. Atmospheric pressure One of those I look at has a 12-foot (4 metre) wingspan. The Trench is much deeper than Mount Everest is high - almost 7,000 feet (2,100m) deeper. Pioneer. Graham Hawkes | Profile on TED.com.
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