Hacking When It Counts: Setting Sail in a Submarine
By the early 20th century, naval warfare was undergoing drastic technological changes. Ships were getting better and faster engines and were being outfitted with wireless communications, while naval...
View ArticleOne Method For Removing Future Space Junk
When sending satellites into space, the idea is to place them into as stable an orbit as possible in order to maximize both the time the satellite is useful and the economics of sending it there in the...
View ArticleSailing (Directly) Into the Wind
Humans have been sailing various seas and oceans for thousands of years, and using boats for potentially even longer than that. But as a species we wouldn’t have made it very far if it was only...
View ArticleSupercon 2023: [Pierce Nichols] is Teaching Robots To Sail
Sailing the high seas with the wind conjures a romantic notion of grizzled sailors fending off pirates and sea monsters, but until the 1920s, wind-powered vessels were the primary way goods traveled...
View ArticleSaildrones Searching the Sea for Clues to Hurricane Behavior
Hurricanes can cause widespread destruction, so early forecasting of their strength is important to protect people and their homes. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is...
View ArticleJettison Sails for Electric Propulsion
Although there are some ferries and commercial boats that use a multi-hull design, the most recognizable catamarans by far are those used for sailing. They have a number of advantages over monohull...
View ArticleNo-Drill Sailing Kit for a Canoe
The first known use of humans using wind to perform mechanical work with machines dates back to ninth-century Persian windmills. But if we count sailing vessels among those machines, the history goes...
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