Will literally be able to dislodge bacteria, keeping it from accumulating on the ship’s surface Just as horses shake off pesky flies by twitching their skin, ships may soon be able to shed t... Read more
New technology can make ships more versatile, more efficient and cleaner, too IN THE days when Norsemen pillaged their way around the monasteries and villages of Europe, Norwegian shipwright... Read more
He proposes not just one Enterprise-class ship, but multiple ships In Star Trek lore, the first Starship Enterprise will be built by the year 2245. But today, an engineer has proposed... Read more
We’ve seen a number of examples of scan-now buy-later retail around the world. One of the earliest executions was on the subway platforms in South Korea but since then we’ve seen examples ac... Read more
Getting a ship to move through the water is more difficult than it looks A European project is developing new Air Support Vessel (ASV) hull designs that allow watercraft to ride on a... Read more
Duke engineers have already shown that they can “cloak” light and sound, making objects invisible — now, they have demonstrated the theoretical ability to significantly inc... Read more
Why don’t we have stationary commercial fishing platforms that are anchored offshore, where they sweep the waters with their nets, sending the captured fish back to shore through a pip... Read more