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Ultimate tsunami escape pod survival test

How do you survive a massive, unstoppable wave? In episode four of Hacking the Apocalypse, Claire Reilly puts a high-tech tsunami escape pod to the test.

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  1. noslover11

    July 8, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    Somehow it doesn’t look like a good idea 🤔

  2. MonkeyspankO

    July 8, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    Lol. Reminds me of the fridge in Indiana Jones

  3. shankar reddy

    July 8, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    Whats secure and SAFE is a Nuclear Submarine. A nuclear Submarine has EVERTHING !

  4. Fred Quijada

    July 8, 2020 at 3:40 pm

    Another winner for this series! BTW, the pod reminds me of the presidential pod from ‘Escape From New York.’

  5. mangesh burange

    July 8, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    The real question is, what where the results of the free fall experiment?

  6. Tal1

    July 8, 2020 at 3:56 pm

    So very cool but wouldn’t under ground be safer? Can surface when the water goes back to the proper place

  7. TonoSama

    July 8, 2020 at 4:00 pm

    Claire Reilly, orange you sick inside there?

  8. Louis Richner

    July 8, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    I wonder how it would feel inside the capsule getting hit by debris and waves, bc she was moving a lot. Maybe it would be great if there was a gimbal system so you’re sitting on a suspended seat, to minimize feeling any impact to the shell. Also, a suspended seat could minimize any swaying so you’re always upright and don’t puke from motion sickness lol. I’m no engineer, just a thought that occurred while watching.

  9. Machiel van Dijk

    July 8, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    and then give everyone a pod?

  10. VAMobMember

    July 8, 2020 at 4:29 pm

    OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD
    IM GOING TO DIE TONIGHT

    Yawn
    CNET, go find a document OPNAVINST 3500.39B on risk management before you terrorize your viewers

  11. N0TO_REOUS D

    July 8, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    But there’s no steering or engine, just free floating. Could float anywhere, maybe a few years

  12. Alex Jonk

    July 8, 2020 at 5:07 pm

    The ball might survive the drop, but the passenger I’m not so sure

  13. Jeffrey Clark

    July 8, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    Perhaps the door should be on top, but a great idea for survival none the less !

  14. Slaytnc

    July 8, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    Imagine being buried alive in mud and debris in that thing

  15. alex f

    July 8, 2020 at 6:28 pm

    sponsored by Cyberpunk, the upcoming game?

  16. gun6slinger9

    July 8, 2020 at 6:49 pm

    There should be a strap holding the occupants head in line with the body. Riding a wave at speeds over 120mph with your body strapped in and your head flopping around loosely is just asking for spinal cord separation when you inevitably hit something solid like a building or rock face.

  17. Amata love s*x

    July 8, 2020 at 7:42 pm

    go on, dude 🎃 📩 🍭

  18. oooppiikkk

    July 8, 2020 at 8:05 pm

    no Dragonball z references? ok

  19. Angultra

    July 8, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    Should’ve put it in that malfunctioning wave pool for a decent test.

  20. scdecade

    July 8, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    Put that ball inside of a cement mixer and turn it on for a few hours.

  21. BlindingTiger1

    July 8, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    Great Timing

  22. Andrey Lucas

    July 8, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    It’s a fair beginning.

  23. Jorge Colucci

    July 8, 2020 at 10:52 pm

    I just got major anxiety looking at this video give you props for it😂😂

  24. Nacho Joshas

    July 9, 2020 at 12:52 am

    She enters the pod at 8:00 This video should last 2 minutes tops.

  25. Story Of my life

    July 9, 2020 at 1:24 am

    I highly doubt when you have steel rods and building debri that weighs a ton, cars, boats and who knows what else rammed up into this thing, that it will protect you. Waterfall testing proves nothing. It’s a great idea, but your tests are flawed, WAY too many variables out there.

  26. Sophie Goddard

    July 9, 2020 at 1:39 am

    I imagine the whiplash from stronger waves would be something else

  27. Lifegoson 1

    July 9, 2020 at 1:41 am

    None of this wood be happing if the people that live on this earth wood not turn away from God and sin

  28. SHPRD

    July 9, 2020 at 3:05 am

    “While I sat inside my own personal nightmare…” LMAO

  29. Craig Merkey

    July 9, 2020 at 4:05 am

    She is brave!

  30. DC JUICE

    July 9, 2020 at 4:36 am

    Let us all know when you guys do a real test and then post. Great idea.

  31. Eugene S

    July 9, 2020 at 6:23 am

    The inflatable version is cheaper

  32. Hedi Maatoug

    July 9, 2020 at 7:16 am

    Ultimate solution: Trump’s wall

  33. Anand Sembi

    July 9, 2020 at 8:04 am

    Saiyain pod.

  34. Shomit Sonalkar

    July 9, 2020 at 8:20 am

    Lol. Another toy for the rich. Poor can die who cares.

  35. The Y.Y.L

    July 9, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    I wonder if a small engine could be installed on those…..and paddles that resemble tank wheels…..

  36. zepcrazyfre

    July 9, 2020 at 12:48 pm

    Tsu Surf 2-1.

  37. Kaz Kaz

    July 9, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    7:12 We recommend you install GPS!?! That’s like a car manufacture saying we recommend you install a steering wheel after purchasing a car from us. Duh it should come stock with GPS specifically designed for the pod.

  38. JUR O

    July 9, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    Edit: giant orange airpod

  39. rapid reviews

    July 9, 2020 at 3:05 pm

    How long can someone be inside before you suffocate?

  40. Znek

    July 9, 2020 at 5:38 pm

    the could use a 3dof gimbal to keep the seats levelled

  41. محمد زهير عبد الرحمن الطحان

    July 9, 2020 at 7:17 pm

    When the dooms day will happen no one will be alive things that even our mind cant handle will happen

  42. monkeymanstones1

    July 9, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    The obvious comment is: From where does Oxygen refresh come? There were no plants at the points at which light can enter shown… there was no lime shown… where is it the Carbon of Carbon Dioxide removed to create Oxygen molecules can occur, stuck at sea with no chance to open the hatch (a wave can pass at any moment and fill the capsule) to allow gas exchange.
    This if used for more than a few hours is… certain death in a capsule.

  43. RandoTechInfo

    July 10, 2020 at 3:02 am

    HtA is my new favorite YouTube source of entertainment. Keep it up!

  44. iTopCati

    July 10, 2020 at 7:32 am

    Yeah, needs a life support system and why not have the interior punted on some type of gyroscope so you stay rapidly upright?

  45. Rean Silk

    July 10, 2020 at 10:14 am

    Can see a number of problems, the inside of the sphere should be padded especially the centre pole, its centre of balance is all wrong, the water line was at the door seal when was in the sea, needs a counter weight on the back side of the sphere so the door is pointing up when it is sat in the water, should be fitted with a transmitter food and water supply as standard, and also what happens when you get burried under debris and mud how long will your food and air supply last before you can be rescued………….. Nope not for me, its a spherical coffin, I will take my chances getting to higher ground in the 10 minutes I have

  46. ELVIN LAW

    July 10, 2020 at 12:37 pm

    The chances of staying alive in this thing is….

  47. alexniko099able

    July 10, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    Neck support

  48. Вадим Алифиренко

    July 10, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    I think this pod needs a 24-hour supply of water, an MRE (or emergency food bars), a life jacket with something to protect the head and (possibly) diapers for two people capacity, add GPS in stock (at a price of $ 15,000, a thousand more, a thousand less), as well as equip a small solar panel (for indoor lighting) and of course a light beacon (for easy detection at night)

    • The Last Hacker

      July 12, 2020 at 6:08 pm

      Also needs to be steerable with paddles or sth.

  49. Peter Harris

    July 10, 2020 at 3:35 pm

    does it have giros ✂️

  50. computerapple4

    July 10, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    Covid killed more than this sadly

  51. tenshinoime

    July 11, 2020 at 5:54 am

    It looks kind of close to risking head impact against some of the cage, and the door should really be more on the top than the front, so you can get out better while in the water and not get flooded easily.

  52. Chad King

    July 11, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    Great video. I came over from the CNET article, but as a lifelong marine biologist going out to sea quite often, the description in the article that read, “Outside, I can see the Seattle skyline bobbing up and down in between huge waves of water…” Um, that is Puget Sound, not the exposed ocean, and those were not even waves, let alone “huge.” That said, cool tech. I just wouldn’t want to be buried in mud and debris in a real tsunami!

  53. Varun Simons

    July 12, 2020 at 7:42 am

    Scamdemic

  54. TheAnubite

    July 12, 2020 at 7:08 pm

    lol where are the life support systems for oxygen and carbon scrubbing ?

  55. anshul ahuja

    July 12, 2020 at 8:01 pm

    This is a piece of garbage!

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