The Human-powered Submarine

An early prototype in the design process, without the sophisticated oar-structure

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The first 1/7th scale model of the Uscull

The US Confederate Submarine H.L. Henley was of enormous interest to Milko Ozlu

A top view of the scull with oar action visible.

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Swedish designer Milko Ozlu has always been intrigued by the concept of the powered exoskeleton and body amplifiers. When the US Military experimented with the springwalker concept in the late 1980s, Ozlu was fascinated, though it was long before he studied for his BA in industrial design at Konstfack in Stockholm. His ideas followed through and when he was studying for his masters degree at the vehicle design department of the world-renowned Royal College of Art in London, it resulted in one of the most interesting degree projects we’ve seen – the U-Scull, a new type of human powered sports-submarine that operates in shallow depths.

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