Weekly Tech Article 4/8

Billionaire Richard Branson announced his latest project called Virgin Oceanic. He plans to build a submarine that will reach the most unexplored and deepest points of the oceans in the world like the Mariana Trench. The submarine is modeled after an airplane and will be able to resist 13 million pounds of pressure across its surface which is made of carbon fiber and titanium. It weighs 8,000 pounds and has the ability to dive 350 feet per minute. He hopes it will be of use to scientists to study microbes and sea floor geology.