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Friday, July 31, 2009
Vehicles

Infintas Yacht Spoils You For Life On Land With Three Levels Of Luxury

1:00PM Rosa Golijan | Pool deck, helicopter pad…elevator? I guess that when you own a 300 foot monument to phallic imagery like this, taking stairs just won’t do the trick. (Nor would walking around the pool apparently, since there’s a bridge over it.) More »
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Vehicles

The Deep Flight Super Falcon Sub Is A Private Airplane For The Sea

11:30AM Brian Lam | I’d never been envious of Tom Perkins’ giant sailboat, the Maltese Falcon, until it received a deployable submarine in its belly. The sub, called the Deep Flight Super Falcon, is a 6.5m electric vehicle, bringing aerodynamic principles to the sea. More »
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Vehicles

Oculus Yacht Mimics a Giant, Man-Eating Fish

9:20AM Mark Wilson | It’s almost cruel of us to post about the Schöpfer Oculus, a 250-foot luxury yacht inspired by an oceanic fish. More »
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Science

Water Invisibility Barrier Protects Against Tsunamis

1:35PM Gizmodo US Edition | Research into invisibility cloaks, which work by bending light around 2D objects, could end up protecting offshore rigs and vulnerable coastlines from water. Scientists at the Fresnel Institute in Marseille, France said that established cloaking principles can be applied to ocean waves, and built a 10cm model to show how carefully placed concentric pillars make objects in the centre “invisible” to the sea. More »
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