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The Real Life Aquatic With 75-Year-Old Diver Ray Ives

5:00PM September 5, 2011 | Jack Loftus

For half a century Ray Ives has essentially lived beneath the ocean’s surface as a commercial diver. He’s recovered wrecks, amassed countless trinkets and forgotten undersea lore More »

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Concept Island Megayacht Makes Even The Rich Ask Why

2:00AM July 25, 2011 | Jack Loftus

I’ve read Tom Swift’s A Modest Proposal, so forgive me a moment, but I couldn’t help but wonder if the poor would make the best fuel for this floating in-your-face exuberance from the folks at Yacht Island Design. More »

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From A Bucket Of Suds To Surfing On Sea Foam In 72 Cans Flat

5:00AM June 20, 2011 | Jack Loftus

San Diego-based artist Rich Morrison has taken the old adage “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” and applied it to this recycled beer can surfboard. More »

Science

Bacteria Is Nibbling Away At The Titanic’s Carcass

9:40PM December 8, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Always wanted to see the remains of the Titanic, 3.8km below the surface? You better start making travel arrangements, because this never-seen-before bacteria “rusticles” are eating away at the ship. More »

Science

Below Sea Wine Cellar Matures Wine As Fast As You Can Drink It

11:00PM November 30, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Well, *almost* as fast. 600 bottles of the $US139 Poseidon sparkling wine were stored 30m deep, quickening the maturing period to just six months. I’ve no idea how Slovenian wine tastes, but I’m willing to play guinea pig. [SMH via BornRich]

These Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners Are Made From Rubbish

1:50AM October 27, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Four months after boasting of vacuums made from recycled sea junk, Electrolux now has five colourful cleaners to show off. They’re made from 70 per cent recycled plastics, with each cleaner’s design representing the ocean the rubbish came from. More »

Science

Seals Are Helping Chart The Ocean Floor

3:01PM October 9, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

What better way to learn about the ocean’s depths than plastering this contraption on a wild seal’s head? This guy and 56 of his friends are gathering information about the seafloor to help scientists model the ocean’s reaction to climate change. More »

Cars

From Sea To Sky: Submarines That Fly

9:00PM July 5, 2010 | New Scientist

Guillemots and gannets do it. Cormorants and kingfishers do it. Even the tiny insect-eating dipper does it. And if a plan by the Pentagon’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) succeeds, a remarkable aeroplane may one day do it too. More »

Gadgets

Electrolux’s Vacuums Of The Future Will Be Made From Ocean Garbage

9:48PM June 28, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Electrolux may be known for its outlandish concepts, but when their CEO promises to look into reclaiming the plastic waste from the ocean and turning it into vacuum cleaners, I can’t help but believe him. More »

Bury Me In Davy Jones’s Locker

6:05PM May 18, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Meet the next-gen grave, or “genesis biopod”, as creator Jack Hokanson calls it. It’s a pod containing the cremated remains inside a dissolvable bag. Mere minutes after being tossed into the waves it dissolves, creating a plaything for curious sea creatures. More »