The Newt Suit.
Canada has invented some interesting technology to help with ocean exploration. I'm sure Canada is very keen on ocean exploration, since we do have the world's longest coastline. One submersible that Canadian engineer Phil Nuytten developed in 1987 is the Newt Suit. It's like a mini submarine that you can wear. This Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS) is designed to dive deeper for longer but still maintaining the pressure of one atmosphere. Being 112 cm tall, it weighs 4-8 lbs in the water on fly mode, and can dive up to 305 meters. Made from cast aluminium, it has an air supply to last the diver 6-8 hours. But just in case, it's also got an emergency air supply that will last another 48 hours. This suit is great for people who aren't great swimmers because it has fully articulated joints and is built in proportion, meaning that it has thrusters to push it forward, so the operator doesn't have to swim.
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