Amphibio; the 3D printed gills that will allow us to breathe under water

Jun Kamei is a Japanese designer specialising in biomimic design and materials. A few months ago he presented Amphibio, his final project for the Art Royal College in London, with three 3D printed “gills” for our future underwater. Will this make is possible to live in underwater cities like in a Sci fi movie?

Global warming is an alarming problem, according to the designer: “In 2100, an increase in temperature of 3.2 degrees Celsius is expected to occur, causing an increase in sea level that will affect between 500 million and one billion people. Submerging the large cities located in the coastal areas,” he explained.

Amphibio hopes to be the solution so that in the future we can create aquatic cities

Although Jun sees it as a way of survival, in a certain way it also supposes an improvement in the human capacities, and this is not the first device that tries it. A few months ago the project Third Thumb was announced, which hopes to give an extra thumb to our hands. There is also the bionic arm of Youbionic, which hopes to increase our ability to perform several tasks at once.