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WaterPebble Water Monitoring Device – Innovative Design By Paul Priestman

March 8, 2010
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We were warned not only for flood that will be caused by the melting of the northern pole’s iceberg, but also on the long drought because of global warming effect!
“Water has become a highly precious resource. There are some places where a barrel of water costs more than a barrel of oil.”
Lloyd Axworthy,Foreign Minister of [...]

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Rudy Heeman’s DIY Project – The Wonder of Hovercraft Builder

March 5, 2010
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Riding speedboat is ordinary, but riding hovercraft is an exciting adventure and could be a whole new level of experience to many riders. Rudy Heeman from from New Zealand is one of the professional hovercraft builder and rider.

He built the hovercraft purely as an 11 years long DIY project, parts were taken from other [...]

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DropNet Fog Collector : Potable Water From Thin Air And Mist

February 24, 2010
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If you think ‘Global Warming’ is just a matter of theory and jokes, you should really need to reconsider it twice !

According to United Nations’ researches report on world climate, it is estimated that by 2025, all things being equal, no big change on current pollutions level, there will be approx. 60 percent of world [...]

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Mercury Marine Hybrid Boat Concept : Electric, Diesel And Solar Power Combination

February 24, 2010
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Most of the marine yacht boats have diesel powered engines, but the latest concept of boat shown by Mercury Marine at the Miami International Boat Show somehow different. They are showcasing the concept possibility of hybrid engine technology for yachts or boats.

The hybrid mode concept is utilizing electricity/diesel/solar power as the energy source to run [...]

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Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 – Until February 11th

February 9, 2010
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To mark the beginning of spring in 2010, Japan Sapporo Snow Festival has started since last weekend and will run until February 11. There are hundreds of huge and small snow sculptures at Japan’s northern capital. Let’s enjoy the works on display during the event.

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Oceanic Aero Submarine – Virgin Corporation

February 1, 2010
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He loves to own various corporations and business sectors, from a record label to Caribbean island. Or perhaps it is because he was fascinated by the science-fiction movies of Atlantic’s water kingdom and the amazing views of the magnificent underwater world, that he added the underwater plane as part of his business portfolio.

Virgin corporation’s [...]

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Multi Passengers Amphibious Vehicle – CT & T

January 18, 2010
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You could use it to play golf or use it to dive down to the river or sea. This is a multi amphibious vehicle from CT&T. It was produced by the Korean company ET & T. The electric multi passengers amphibious vehicle is a six-wheeled four seats car that could runs up to 40mph on [...]

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BladeFish Sea Scooters – Compact UnderWater Driving Device

November 20, 2009
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Ever wonder what is the best underwater propulsion device? Following is a new underwater sea scooter for divers and snorkelers.

The device is named Bladefish Sea Scooters, capable of delivering underwater scootering sense to its users. It could be easily carried as hand luggage while it is much smaller than its predecessors, in a sentence, [...]

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Ramphos’ Flying Boat – Drive, Float Or Fly

November 5, 2009
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It must be exciting to drive one of those in your water sport session, but not all countries allowed their citizen flying using a boat! And an Italian company, Ramphos, has created three wonderful model of flying boats, namely the Hydro, Trident and Amphibian.

Ramphos Hydro

Ramphos Trident

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But another thing need to take consideration, besides [...]

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Water Orb – Running On The Water Made Easy

November 5, 2009
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If you have ever brought your kid to a river and suddenly your kid ask you, “Can I run on the water?”, you would probably get stunned. However, with following water-orb balloon, you might going to tell him/her, “Go run on the water as you wish” is a logical sentence after all!

The balloon could fit [...]

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