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Space Boat: A Nautical Mission to an Alien Sea
TiME This capsule designed to explore Titan's seas is one of three projects being considered to receive NASA funding next year. Graham Murdoch In 2006, while flying by Saturn's moon Titan, the radar...
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Video: Take to the Road, and the Seas, in an Amphibious Camping Trailer
Sealander Amphibious Trailer Sealander The Sealander amphibious trailer is the camping accessory of our 1970s PopSci dreams come to life, except better than we ever imagined. This super-light trailer...
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Qinetiq Blackfish
Qinetiq Blackfish Courtesy Qinetiq Of all the threats naval vessels face when operating close to shore or in the harbor, swimmers, divers and small boats are among the most difficult to detect. The...
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The Iguana 29: A Speed Boat That Morphs Into a Tank-Tracked Beach Lander
The Iguana 29 Eric Sander via GizmagAmphibious vehicle designs always sounds great on paper, but in practical use they tend to sink more often than swim. It's not so much that they don't work, but...
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Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior
From Above The triangular shape of the two A-frame masts, built by Rondal, make for strong, light structures that can manage the four giant sails without adding too much weight to the ship. The design...
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The First Solar-Powered Ship to Circumnavigate the Globe Completes Its Trip
Tûranor PlanetSolar Wikimedia Commons The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar pulled into Monaco's Hercule Harbor on Friday, completing its journey around the world--the very first solely solar-powered watercraft...
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Video: Single-Seat Amphibious FlyNano Makes its Maiden Flight
FlyNano From the Cockpit FlyNano This Finnish-built flying boat made its maiden flight a few days ago, taking off from a lake and soaring into the air. The FlyNano, made by a startup by the same name,...
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A Robot Drill For Mars Will Be NASA's Next Interplanetary Mission
InSight The InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander will take Mars' vital signs: Its "pulse" (seismology), "temperature" (heat flow probe), and...
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Grand Award Winner: Dockwise Vanguard
The Largest Semisubmersible Courtesy Dockwise When a battleship needs repairs in the middle of the ocean, a semisubmersible vessel like the Dockwise Vanguard can provide offshore dry dock. The...
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Inside The World's Largest Semisubmersible Vessel
The Largest Semisubmersible Courtesy Dockwise When a battleship needs repairs in the middle of the ocean, a semisubmersible vessel like the Dockwise Vanguard can provide offshore dry dock. The...
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How Tom West Built A Pirate-Proof Yacht
Pirate-Proof Yacht Chris Cone Tom West has tackled some impressive builds over the years, including telescopes, a sawmill, and his house in Poland, Indiana. But West, a retired teacher, recently...
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Biggest Japanese Warship Since WWII Will Carry Helicopters, No Planes
Japan's new Izumo helicopter carrier Look at all these streamers. Look at all these streamers on this military vessel! Japanese Ministry of Defense Japan yesterday unveiled the largest ship in its...
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How To Make Your Own (Floating!) Concrete Boat
Concrete Canoe Son of Alan The Greek polymath Archimedes is said to have solved the mystery of buoyancy in a bathtub. Even if the story is apocryphal, his principle isn't: If an object weighs less...
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Bug-Inspired Candy Boats Add Science To Your Cocktail
A Flotilla Of Cocktail Boats Lisa J Burton, Nadia Cheng, Cesar Vega, Jose André and John W M Bush After attending a Harvard series on food and science, MIT mathematician John Bush and molecular...
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Inside The Zumwalt Destroyer
Zumwalt In Maine U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt destroyer, the most technologically advanced warship ever built and the first of its eponymous class, was set to be christened October 19, but then...
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Big Pic: The U.S. Navy Tests A Virtual Reality Headset
Project BlueShark John F. Williams, U.S. Navy Oculus Rift is an amazing virtual reality headset. Originally designed for video games, it's been used for exploring gender, piloting drones, and...
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Inventor Rigs An Unprecedentedly Smooth Ride For Power Boats
Martini 1.5 Velodyne Acoustics Where most people would just see four Firestone truck airbags, designer and Velodyne CEO David Hall saw a way to stabilize boats in choppy waves. To build a...
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Robo-Boats Disguised As Crocodiles Sneakily Study Hippo Poo
The crocodile boat, up close Carnegie Mellon University Hippos eat and hippos defecate, as animals do. That's usually no cause for concern or interest. However, in Kenya's Mara River, in which about...
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The Sound From Ships May Attract Unwanted Critters
Barnacle Hull House U.S. Navy via FlickrA ship at anchor isn't necessarily quiet. Many crews leave their generators on while at anchor, to power refrigerators or air conditioners. But maybe they...
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