Friday, 6 April 2012
Unemployed Man Builds $31,000 Submarines in His Basement
Posted by Olumide | Friday, 6 April 2012 | Category:
WTF
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In a world where Internet and Smartphone app startup companies are a
dime-a-dozen, it’s not every day that you see a startup that makes
submarines. And definitely not one that is run by one man, from his
basement. Yet, that’s exactly what 37-year-old Zhang Wuyi has been doing
after he was laid off from his job in a textile machine factory.
Wuyi, from China’s Hubei province, builds mini submarines in a makeshift workspace in the basement of a disused building. When he started off, he worked alone. Today, he has three orders under his belt and also employs ten workers. His submarine models are capable of diving up to 30 meters under sea level and travel at 20 kmph for 10 hours. They can seat two people and also contain oxygen tanks and video cameras. The walls are made of wrought iron. It takes Wuyi up to a month to build a submarine, and each one sells for about $31,000.
Wuyi, from China’s Hubei province, builds mini submarines in a makeshift workspace in the basement of a disused building. When he started off, he worked alone. Today, he has three orders under his belt and also employs ten workers. His submarine models are capable of diving up to 30 meters under sea level and travel at 20 kmph for 10 hours. They can seat two people and also contain oxygen tanks and video cameras. The walls are made of wrought iron. It takes Wuyi up to a month to build a submarine, and each one sells for about $31,000.
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