Dying On A Hill

Crowdscams: Triton Rebreather


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We're back with our second episode of Crowdscams! This week we're looking into the Triton Re-breather, a device that took the internet by storm, and then took about $900K of funding before being shut down by SF Bay area Maritime Law crusaders.

Sources

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/world-s-first-artificial-gills-oxygen-respirator--2/coming_soon#/

https://www.deepseanews.com/2014/01/triton-not-dive-or-dive-not-there-is-no-triton/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triton-scuba-mask-design/

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/06/triton-refunds-backers-for-its-underwater-breathing-device.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3525204/Could-Triton-artificial-gills-work-Firm-refunds-900-000-Indiegogo-supporters-relaunches-campaign-amid-controversy.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01WRP25ur6A

https://www.reddit.com/r/shittykickstarters/comments/4irfun/where_is_triton_now_looking_for_news_from_backers/

https://www.reddit.com/r/shittykickstarters/comments/4zr6ej/what_happened_to_triton/

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Dying On A HillBy Charley Garcia