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Aircraft 'surfing'
Scientists at Tongji University (China) have created a wing-in-ground (WIG) aircraft that can fly above sea level. WIG can fly up to 30 meters above sea level
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The ship is powered by the first wave in the world
Kenichi Horie, a Japanese, yesterday launched a raft advertised to serve the world's first sea voyage with a ship.
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Paint nano: Challenging harsh sea environment
Nano paint with nanometer-sized paint particles (billionths of a meter) penetrates deep into the wood grain, helping the wood to resist destruction in harsh coastal cond…
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Robot explores the depths of the sea beyond the Earth
The DEPTHX robot, developed with the help of NASA, is designed to explore extreme regions and environments that look for traces of extraterrestrial life.
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Resins are soluble in seawater
The resin will dissolve into non-toxic substances when in seawater. It will be used to make disposables such as spatulas, forks, packages, etc., and is an environmentall…
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Lifejackets automatically send emergency signals
New Technology Research Center (Petech) has researched and successfully designed life jackets on the sea. On the outside, life jackets look like life jackets
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China: Manufacturing new diving equipment
In 2007, the China Transport Industry Research Institute 702 will complete the research and development of a new independent dive gear manned and able to dive into the s…
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New technology to find people in the middle of the sea
The US Coast Guard is about to launch a new technology that will help pinpoint the exact location of off-shore seamen. The new technology, called Rescue 21, uses a serie…
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Modern science and technology: Sharks = spies
Imagine you are wearing a shark! You will move underwater without making noise, feel the electric field, 'catch' the scent and search in the darkness of deep pools for h…
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Mix water with water to make electricity
The Wetsus Research Center (Netherlands), the SINTEF Scientific Research Institute, Statkraft and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim (Norway) a…
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Water freeze: new irrigation
Chinese scientists have developed a new method of extracting water from frozen water in the oceans during the winter.
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Pour water into the sea to save Venice
Italian experts are proposing a bold project to save the threatened Venice city. Instead of draining away, they want to pump water to lift the floating city that is subm…