The thought of owning your own submarine may seem crazy even to a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped Dutch company Ortega Submersibles from building a pocket submarine for civilian use. The submarine for three performs perfectly both below and above sea level. It is powered by electric motors. It glides under water at a speed of 17 km/h, and on the surface with three more. Does it remind you of Bob too?
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A human-powered fitness vessel is coming to Paris. Such is the idea of the renowned design company Carlo Ratti Associati, which presented a study of an unusual watercraft powered by the energy generated by fitness devices.
Recently, Amazon made its first successful delivery by drone (Prime Air service), and in the near future, it plans to take another zeppelin into the sky, which will be a flying warehouse, with which it wants to speed up the delivery of ordered goods and reduce the energy consumption of drones.
Is Lexus venturing into maritime waters? The prestigious Toyota brand is known for luxury cars, but that doesn't mean they've only limited themselves to the road. Recently, they wanted to see how their technology would perform on water. And the result is the Lexus Sport luxury yacht, which will surely be added to the wish list of all millionaires.
Sun, wind and hydrogen. This is all that the watercraft Energy Observer needs to sail, with which the Frenchmen Jerome Delafosse and Victorien Erussard are going on a six-year journey around the world. Their catamaran, which is a converted racing vessel (a former winner of the Jules Verne Trophy regatta), will be powered by solar and wind power (it is belted with solar panels and wind turbines) and will also be aided by fuel cells.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of their collaboration, Mercedes-AMG and Cigarette Racing presented their eighth 'kids' called the Cigarette Racing Team 50' Marauder AMG. This time, AMG's most brutal Mercedes-AMG GT-R model and the 15-meter speedboat Marauder SS paired up.
Famous Monaco boat builder Palmer Johnson and luxury car maker Bugatti have joined forces and the result of their collaboration is the sinfully expensive yacht Niniette 66, which boasts a fireplace and jacuzzi.
RMS Titanic (Royal Mail Ship Titanic), which today rests at a depth of 4,000 meters, even a century after it sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic, stirs the public. All those who are not satisfied with this unfortunate transoceanic voyage will be able to venture among the shipwrecks in 2018 and relive the movie classic of the same name.
With Smart Forrail, Smart has taken the railway tracks, and Smart Forsea will take the driver to sea level. It is Smart's first amphibious vehicle, boasting a refrigerator, ice tray and sunbathing platform. A belated April Fool's joke? It will have to wait until summer.
Nautical lovers, beware! Internautica is approaching, the largest Adriatic nautical fair is approaching, which for twenty-two years has been offering an interesting look into the world of nautical innovations before the start of the new season. Internautica 2017 will take place in the Portorož marina from May 4 to 7, 2017. Tickets are already on sale.
It's been 105 years since the most famous cruise ship of all time, the RMS Titanic, sank. The construction of the ocean liner was ordered by the White Star Line company, and it was built by the Harlan-Wolf shipyard in Belfast. At the time, it was the largest and most luxurious passenger ship in the world and the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool on board. The Titanic sank on the night of April 14-15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg. The sinking of an unsinkable ship at the time is today one of the greatest maritime disasters in human history. Here are 20 fascinating facts about the Titanic.
At the Dutch company Soel Yachts, they are determined to change the image of maritime transport. The Soelcat 12 is a solar-powered electric catamaran that accommodates 16 people. Among other things, the catamaran reduces disturbing sounds and carbon dioxide emissions in ports, lagoons and oceans.