Dallmeier supports Guinness World Record attempt at Legoland

12 Mar 10

From 30 March through to 13 April, a spectacular Guinness World Records attempt will take place at the Legoland Deutschland leisure park in the German city of Günzburg… and Dallmeier will be watching!

By Brian Sims

Australian marine biologist and adventurer Lloyd Godson plans to spend 14 days living in a four-square metre house within the underwater world at ‘Legoland Atlantis by Sea Life’. His goal? To generate the largest amount of electricity ever produced by riding a bicycle underwater!

A Dallmeier camera will monitor all the action, and transmit images of the record attempt via the Internet. All the images are being stored on a Dallmeier recorder for subsequent evaluation.

For the record attempt itself, Godson is going to be using a technically downgraded bicycle. He’s going to have to pedal hard in order to generate 2,500 Watt-hours of electricity in 14 days, and thus produce the largest amount of electricity ever by riding a bicycle underwater.

An official Guinness World Records arbitrator will confirm the record on 13 April 13… provided that Godson succeeds, of course!

One man, one Dallmeier box camera

The house Godson will move into later this month is 2.50 metres by 1.60 metres in area. That small floor area will have to suffice for the 32-year old, who will have to eat, sleep and wash himself within the limited space.

Further space in the house is occupied by a compact Dallmeier box camera, various measuring instruments and a computer. Using the computer, Godson will communicate with the outside world via the Legoland Underwater Home Page. The camera images will also be transmitted online by a MicroStreamer.

That being the case, it’s not only the (approximately) 1,300 fish in the Ocean Tank – itself filled with 535,000 litres of water – and marvelling visitors who’ll be able to watch ‘Lloyd Godson Live’.

For subsequent evaluations and to provide clear evidence of the fact that Godson has not left the small underwater house during the record attempt, all images will be recorded on a Dallmeier DIS-2/M StreamerPro HDD Large.

A word or two from 'The Challenger'

“It’s very important to me to have a reliable recording of my stay underwater so that my attempt at the world record will be clearly verified,” said Godson. “During my search for a suitable camera and recording solution, I was recommended to use Dallmeier because of the high quality of its products,”

The recording will include audio which, although not required by Guinness World Records, can be helpful with subsequent analyses following the stay.

The project will be ‘masterminded’ by numerous researchers and scientists. The surveillance of Godson’s vital functions is expected to yield new insights concerning the effects on the human body of a long-term underwater stay, and provide valuable information that will contribute to the establishment of permanent underwater colonies.

The international association of diving medicine physicians, the Divers Alert Network (DAN), will also participate with a scientific study. Among other issues, the flow characteristics of body fluids are to be examined.

Measurements are being closely related to research conducted by Dennis Chamberland, a bio-engineer with NASA. The results will be used to increase the safety of sport diving in the long term.

Legoland in Deutschland: all you need to know

Legoland Deutschland was opened on 17 May 2002 in the German city of Günzburg, and is among the most frequented leisure parks in the country. Action, fun and adventure are in store for its visitors.

Across eight themed areas with over 50 extraordinary attractions, live shows and workshops give every visitor the chance to fill the role of a true hero and become a pirate, princess or racing car driver.

No matter if it’s a venturous canoe ride as part of the Jungle X-Pedition or a wild water fight, everybody decides for themselves what kind of adventure they want to experience.

2010 is dominated by the ‘Year of Records’. Ginormously big, microscopically small, utterly weird or just simply unbelievable – one superlative is immediately followed by another.

The park belongs to the Merlin Entertainment Group, the world’s second largest operator of visitor attractions with a total 38 million visitors per year.