New Design Walkthrough
Here we have Craig checking in from the factory to show us the true-to-size layout of the SeaPod. We know that it can be confusing and unclear when we only have our rendering photos and square footage to explain the size so Craig is here to help give everyone a sense of the actual layout […]
Autonomous Surface Vessel
One of the challenges of a floating home is trash removal. We can’t simply roll the trashcan to the end of the driveway or throw it in a dumpster like we typically do on land. While we will have the aerial drone that can make deliveries between your SeaPod and the shore, the heavy payloads […]
SeaPod Steel Frame #2 and #3 in production
It’s been a long journey over the course of this year. Longer than we had anticipated or wanted. But when creating something new and innovative, that is often the case. This project has been a huge undertaking, and there have been plenty of interruptions, from the Covid pandemic to dealing with supply issues to even […]
AI Vision
Artificial Intelligence, or AI for short, is part of what makes the SeaPod into a smart home. With most of these processes running on the brain computer, we can bring the SeaPod to life so that many daily tasks can be automated for convenience.While making life more convenient is important, making it safe is of […]
New Design Roof Construction
Yesterday we started cutting out the pieces needed for our new roof mold design. This design will be used to make the roof of our Seapod. This Seapod will differ from our flagship design and will be completely round. In the video, we can see the team working hard to create part of the master […]
Cutting Steel
While the outer shell of the SeaPod is made from fiberglass, most of the core and structural support is made from steel. While steel offers great strength and longevity, working with it can be difficult. Cutting these thick steel plates must be done with an oxy-acetylene torch which heats the metal and then uses the […]
Poop Separator
Here we have a video of two of our 3D printers working on some components of the poop separator for the incinerator toilet. The poop separator does exactly what its name implies, it separates the solid waste from the liquid waste.The liquid waste is strained out and goes into the blackwater system where it will […]
Protecting Electronics From Corrosion
One of the biggest concerns about building a floating home is corrosion. Seawater, humidity, and the constant exposure to both will corrode just about any metal that you put into this environment. Protecting steel is pretty straightforward with the use of epoxy paint to seal it from the elements. When it comes to electronics, it […]
Incinerator Heat Exchanger
Part of making a super-efficient home is finding ways to repurpose things that would otherwise be wasted. In this case, we will be repurposing the heat that is generated from our jet incinerator system. Since the incinerator system will generate quite a bit of heat when burning the waste, we decided to try to harness […]
Smart Jet Burner For The Incinerator Toilet
One of the challenges with developing the SeaPod is that it won’t be connected to a local grid so it can’t connect to a sewer system. Also, since the SeaPod will be floating in the ocean, we don’t have a yard in which we can bury a septic tank. This leaves us with a big […]
Discovering Panama (San Blas) – Part 4
Grant has finished up his day in the water and is exploring a beautiful, tiny island. The boat is moored up, the ocean laps gently on the sands of the island. The hammocks, palm trees and volleyball net only make the place more idyllic. Panama is well known for its amazing snorkelling and diving. From […]
Discovering Panama (Starfish In San Blas) Part 3
Grant’s day of adventure has led him into an area in the San Blas that is called a “Natural Bath” due to the warm, shallow, and calm waters. The water is only about waist deep so Grant can easily stand here with his toes in the sand.One of the coolest things about this tropical water […]
End Of Phase One Development
We are back at the factory for a very big day in the development of the SeaPod. We have spent nearly a year creating the molds that we will use to build the SeaPod and now that those molds are built, we no longer have a use for the plug that gave them their shape. […]
Discovering Panama (Diving San Blas) Part 2
Continuing on Grant’s day of exploration, we are back from the islands in San Blas, Panama. Grant is suited up and has his snorkeling equipment ready to go swimming with some of the local marine life, but before he jumps in, he has another update for us.One of the coolest things about not only being […]
Discovering Panama (San Blas) – Part 1
Recently on a very rare day off, Grant was able to take the boat out and do a little bit of exploring here in Panama. About 60 kilometers from the factory, he spent the day in the San Blas area which is made up of more than 300 small islands in the Caribbean Sea just […]
3D Scanning Physical Objects
Here we have Grant going over some new technology that we may be able to implement into our SeaPod production process. It is a cell phone based LIDAR scanner that is able to use light to scan an object and create a digital rendering of that object. Grant decided to do a quick test on […]
Incinerator R&D Production Facility
While we make quite a bit of the components for the SeaPod at the Ocean Builders Factory here in Panama, some things require a bit more than we can handle at the factory. One example of this is the components of the incinerator for the incinerator toilet. We are working with a fully sophisticated facility […]
Welding The Interior Core Of The SeaPod
We have been getting quite a bit of work done on our two SeaPod TriPod model bases here at the factory. In this video, we can see one of our welders making some welds on the interior of the core. This is a very important process in terms of giving the base the structural strength […]
Incinerator Starter Development
The jet incinerator toilet system in the SeaPod will be used to safely dispose of toxic solid waste by burning it until we are left with just a small bit of non-toxic ash. One of the important things to consider in a floating structure is efficiency. This means that keeping a pilot light burning in […]
Aquacycler
Connor Firmender Technology
In our video, we have Connor, the Business Development Manager here at Ocean Builders, and like the rest of us, he’s really excited to talk about the plan to create an Aquacycler. But what on Earth is an Aquacylcer?Well, if you can’t guess it from the name, an Aquacycler will be an autonomous vessel that […]