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This is a great idea, I had a similar thought thinking about how woody gourds are and wondering if you grew a giant one, if you could somehow shape it more like
by kamranjon 4y ago
This is a great idea, I had a similar thought thinking about how woody gourds are and wondering if you grew a giant one, if you could somehow shape it more like a boat, dry it out and seal it and be on the water.
- londons_explore 4y agoYou know there are are other materials that one can shape to be boat-like? In fact, it's the way we've been making boats for a long time....
- mikepurvis 4y agoHacker News
- bisby 4y agoWhy do they have model rocket launch height competitions? We already have real rockets that go to space. Almost all competitions have different restrictions/categories to participate in (swimming has backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, etc, etc) Different categories of a competition challenge different things. There are very different engineering challenges related to building a boat out of a pumpkin. It doesn't make a better boat than standard metal/wooden boats, but it does cause people to think about boat building in a different way. It might just be a fun personal challenge, or it might be a fun way to think up classic boat solutions by looking at things from a completely new lens. Worst case this wastes someone time and money (which a lot of standard engineering does too), best case someone has fun and/or learns something.