A solar-powered canoe initiative originally launched in Ecuador’s Amazon in 2017 has now expanded to Indigenous coastal communities in Brazil, Peru, Suriname and the Solomon Islands. Researchers say the effort helps communities in tropical regions reduce gasoline and diesel use, avoid road expansi... Read more
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An underwater ‘motorbike’ called the SubSea Scooter is on sale in Britain for £12,000. It is powered by an electric motor and allows owners to ride underwater for up to two-and-a-half hours at a time.
Electric powertrains require no air intake, and are completely weather-sealed, so many of them are capable of riding along underwater. Here’s a video of a high-powered Russian motocross bike doing just that.
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Thousands of dead fish washed ashore in southeast Texas this past weekend. The cause of death was low oxygen, meaning fish struggled to “breathe” in the warm weather.
SeaLegacy uses advanced tech to broadcast the destruction of humanity’s most vital resource from its 62-foot sailboat—and it’s impossible to look away.
Eventually, coastal cities threatened with rising tides and bigger storms could use not just the waterfront, but also the water, as places to build housing.
Sea levels are rising due to climate change. Many coastal cities are at growing risk of flooding. Architects are trying to react to this development with new ideas, such as floating cities.
Japanese designers N-Ark say that the futurist city - called Dogen City - will also act as a ‘medical city on the sea’, with residents receiving medical care on a daily basis.
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Wines discovered in shipwrecks, often hundreds of years old, have been found to be very well preserved. Which raises the question, does the sea hold the secret to ageing great wines?
The ocean is the perfect environment environment for aging wine; optimal temperature at 55 degrees, no oxygen, no UV light contamination, no sound and the ocean current slowly turning the wine inside the bottles.
Still cracy priced though — according to this article “The cost of a burial at sea in the UK starts at around £2,200 for the committal of the coffin to the water. This does not include the funeral directors’ fees or the cost of any third party services.”
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Looks like it is an option nowadays. Not sure if they mean just ashes, but I hope so. Otherwise it would just wash up to shore. Can we weigh them down somehow?
Burial at sea of human remains (cremated and whole body) is authorized by a MPRSA general permit. Instructions for burial at sea, reporting information, and frequently asked questions are provided.
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A personal locator beacon (PLB) is a crucial part of any safety kit when boating, mountain climbing, or out in the wilderness. Designed to direct search and rescue teams to your location in the event
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Desalination is a process by which salt and brackish water is pulled out of the ocean and run through a system to result in clean, drinkable water. However, desalination is not a fail-safe process and carries with it many environmental repercussions.
Desalination is key to providing fresh water to millions of people around the world. Yet, it can harm marine wildlife, takes a lot of energy, and it’s often not sustainable.
MacGregor’s floating, low-draught, multi-story, moveable parking garage offers an ideal solution to parking problems in ports and crowded waterfront cities.
There's finally a way to filter the microfibers in your laundry from entering the water supply, and into our oceans with this new washing machine filter.
The wallets look a bit naff and you need to know you are about to drop your cellphone into the water. You could just have a case that floats anytime. There are a few choices out there already.
Plastic would be better than wood, which would rot after time. You can buy them on Amazon.
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Would love it if my phone floated. Better would be if it repelled water, so it didn’t matter if it got soaked in my back pocket whilst on my bike. Something like liquid glide would be a perfect coating they should use to seal phones.
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Great idea but just found this. “The main rock in South East England’s coastline is chalk. Chalk cannot be broken down into sand. The pebbles on Brighton’s Beach are mainly composed of flint. (Yes, the kind of flint that you can strike to make a fire). Flint’s a very useful substance in developing societies even if it doesn’t erode well into sand.” Oh well…
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“Jules’ Undersea Lodge is the only underwater hotel in the United States. … Since you have to scuba dive to reach the hotel, you must be SCUBA certified.”
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Chicago-based Brian Gibson has designed a gadget for luggage that allows travellers to pull out the handles of their roll-on suitcases and convert them into chairs.
Tax havens are a bad thing for everyone other than the money maker. But yeah, who has power to close them down. Maybe Trump if he gets jealous of others who are making more than he is.
Nicholas Shaxson explains why the many billions attracted by tax havens do harm to sending and receiving nations alike, and how best to tackle this global economic challenge.
So Dubai islands are still empty – why not just make a single office block that people use as a postal address for their tax avoidance needs. Rather than hotels that are sinking.
Love this idea, there is plenty of room in the sea and plenty of countries that would love to attract billionaires – and now the tech is available to just make new artificial islands. You saw it here first I guess. Who will make the first one?
I found a company that is selling an inflatable, solar-powered boat.
Check out this video of a solar-powered yacht.
A South Korean startup has developed a solar-powered, self-driven boat designed for cleaning lakes.
Communities in the Amazon are using solar-powered canoes for transportation.
Solar power is a clean energy source, plus it offers an unlimited range. This is the future of green travel on water!
They exist and are becoming increasingly common.
Check out this yacht that comes with an underwater pod!
This is a cool way to explore and experience the beauty of the seas and oceans.
It’s been done already.
I found this hot tub boat on sale!
https://www.hammacher.com/product/hot-tub-boat
In Chicago, you can enjoy the wonderful experience of cruising the river in a hot tub boat.
This guy sailed the open seas in a bath tub. What a wild experience!
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/tim-fitzhigham/english-channel-bathtub_b_17908212.html
This video of a converted bathtub boat is so hilarious!
It’s not a motorbike, but I found this cool video of riding a bicycle underwater.
Check out these electric underwater scooters, which are popular in several tourist destinations.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7124315/Underwater-motorbike-lets-riders-explore-sea.html
This is so wild! These guys tried to run a regular motorcycle underwater!
Here’s another electric motorbike that can work underwater.
https://evcentral.com.au/volcon-grunt-off-road-electric-motorbike-works-underwater/
Check out this Russian electric bike that can be ridden underwater.
https://newatlas.com/motorcycles/milander-sm-250-electric-motorcycle-underwater/
Self-inflating lifeboats are common in the aviation industry; their quick-release mechanism is vital for saving lives during emergencies.
This self-inflating personal life raft is available for sale!
Check out this ultra-compact life raft that can self-inflate in seconds after deployment!
Oxygenating oceans and seas will not only bring them back to life, but it can also help with excess carbon removal.
Check out this project that wants to restore the Baltic Sea and other aquatic dead zones by oxygenating them!
https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/17/world/europe/dead-zone-baltic-oxygen/index.html
This has been tried before when the River Thames was pumped with oxygen to prevent fish death.
Check this out! Thousands of fish washed up dead on Texas beaches last year due to low oxygen. Oxygenating the waters can help to prevent this!
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/12/1181661320/fish-kill-texas-beaches-explained
The world’s oceans and seas are slowly dying. Pumping them full of oxygen might be the only way to save them.
You can also find several sailing regattas worldwide for sailing enthusiasts.
Sailing is a pretty popular sport! It’s even in the Olympics.
It’s a great concept, and you won’t have to worry about flooding when living in a floating home.
Floating cities are an excellent idea for combating climate change and overpopulation.
Check this out! Japan is planing to build the world’s first floating city.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-12189169/Pictured-incredible-floating-city-ark-40-000-people-sea-levels-rise.html
We might not have to wait for too long; floating buildings are already popping up around the world.
Floating cities are one of the coolest utopian concepts we can look forward to.
Wow! This DIY flying inflatable boat is so cool!
This boat might not take to the skies, but it flies, or rather glides, over the water.
Check out this flying boat from 1945 that is still in operation!
https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/worlds-largest-flying-boat-1234671300/
Flying boats were popular in the early 1900s before modern aircraft came into the scene.
Truth is worse than fiction. Watch the video from this story here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgAYhwluHOs
I thought this idea was a joke, but…
Nice idea if it helps but sounds like it could be a way to just landfill dump animal carcasses in the sea. So not good.
urr, yeah, but what do you do with the rest. every day!
How to save coral reefs? Same as saving anything, keep humans the hell away from them.
Marketing gimmick?
Apparently it’s new. Burp.
I posted the idea because I read about these guys doing it.
not a new idea but a good one for pirates, bootleggers , moonshiners and rum-runners
Still cracy priced though — according to this article “The cost of a burial at sea in the UK starts at around £2,200 for the committal of the coffin to the water. This does not include the funeral directors’ fees or the cost of any third party services.”
Looks like it is an option nowadays. Not sure if they mean just ashes, but I hope so. Otherwise it would just wash up to shore. Can we weigh them down somehow?
And in lakes, rivers and bays. Guidelines here https://www.epa.gov/ocean-dumping/burial-sea#Can_I_scatter_inland_waters
I am pasting part of an answer from Quora here for those who don’t get it…
Does the life jacket need to know where it is?
Suppose it gets its position from GPS.
Then what?
No real need to have it built into the jacket, everyone should have a GPS beacon attached to them anyways.
A beacon, mirror, whistle and stobe light would be more useful. Why do you want to know where you are while stuck in a big ocean?
They are such a great idea. I can’t imagine going out without GPS. Floating around until you die isn’t a nice prospect, Yay for GPS.
The water is good for industrial purposes but you don’t want to make communities rely on it as it lacks the minerals they get from regular water.
true, and the salty brine gets pumped back into the sea near the water intake. Not solved yet.
Nice idea but it’s not that simple, an estimated 76 million tons of CO2 are emitted annually as a result of desalination processes.
Like this idea, maybe just re-purpose old liners and dock them near big coastal cities?
Cigar! Looks like these are on their way!
These filters should be made compulsory – plastic is killing us bit by bit.
Close but no cigar?
The wallets look a bit naff and you need to know you are about to drop your cellphone into the water. You could just have a case that floats anytime. There are a few choices out there already.
Plastic would be better than wood, which would rot after time. You can buy them on Amazon.
This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0bh9Px_V4I. Looks a bit like a life-jacket for your phone, good for sailors I guess.
Would love it if my phone floated. Better would be if it repelled water, so it didn’t matter if it got soaked in my back pocket whilst on my bike. Something like liquid glide would be a perfect coating they should use to seal phones.
Glass windows that clean themselves
(5 upvotes)Spacecraft and aircraft coatings that prevent ice build-up
(1 upvotes)Phone cases that float
(3 upvotes)Waterfall road signs
(6 upvotes)Liquid medicine containers that leave no residual medicine
(4 upvotes)Non-stick ketchup bottles
(4 upvotes)Toy balls that bounce on water
(1 upvotes)Yes please, for London. It’s not a new idea though.
Or store them underwater, which would be easier than finding land to do underground.
Can’t wait to see one of the hydrofoil ones, people wouldn’t see the support and think it was Jesus v2.
Wow – “Our failure rate in the water is one-eighth of what we see on land,”
Bill Gates could have done this, love the idea – one day….
Not much chance of powering these cleanly though, missed opportunity
If Brighton does this, I think it best to go for pink.
Great idea but just found this. “The main rock in South East England’s coastline is chalk. Chalk cannot be broken down into sand. The pebbles on Brighton’s Beach are mainly composed of flint. (Yes, the kind of flint that you can strike to make a fire). Flint’s a very useful substance in developing societies even if it doesn’t erode well into sand.” Oh well…
Love it, I voted.
Already saving lives without risking others – imagine, lifeguards don’t even need much training if using these. could be easy to volunteer for.
cool these exist already, brill idea
5000 pounds per night. So its early days for these things – can’t wait till they take off and bring the prices down.
just WOW. Great idea, we need one in the UK, though not sure what sealife we would see on our coasts.
“Jules’ Undersea Lodge is the only underwater hotel in the United States. … Since you have to scuba dive to reach the hotel, you must be SCUBA certified.”
Perfect for small helipads!!!
They sort of got it here, but build one inside a normal boat innit.
There is a travel suitcase that transforms into a chair.
These already exist but there’s a better looking one on Kickstarter at the moment
Tax havens are a bad thing for everyone other than the money maker. But yeah, who has power to close them down. Maybe Trump if he gets jealous of others who are making more than he is.
So Dubai islands are still empty – why not just make a single office block that people use as a postal address for their tax avoidance needs. Rather than hotels that are sinking.
Love this idea, there is plenty of room in the sea and plenty of countries that would love to attract billionaires – and now the tech is available to just make new artificial islands. You saw it here first I guess. Who will make the first one?
There’s also an underwater bicycle parking garage in Amsterdam – the first of its kind it the world.
You can find several underwater museums around the world.
How cool is this underwater hotel in Africa?
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20131119-an-underwater-hotel-opens-in-africa
Maldives has an underwater night club, where you can dance to the views of the sea life.
Check out this underwater restaurant – it’s so cool!