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Airhull lets electric boats glide on a layer of air
- bradknowles 1y agoThis is not a new concept. You can see a discussion of this technique being used (to a degree) on battleships in WWII, by watching some of the videos on the Battleship New Jersey YouTube channel. There’s also a Russian torpedo that uses a similar concept to “fly” at supersonic speeds underwater.
- corv 1y ago> There’s also a Russian torpedo that uses a similar concept to “fly” at supersonic speeds underwater. Supercavitation
- bradknowles 1y agoIs it supercavitation or is it riding in a bubble of steam that it creates ahead of itself? Either way, it’s effectively flying through the air bubble underwater, which was the concept I was thinking of.
- igor47 1y agoCould not get through the drm and tracking click through agreements on this site. Seems like there's no way to view this article without agreeing to be survieled for marketing purposes
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- perching_aix 1y agoJS off did the trick for me.
- julius 1y agoVideo of the ship and visualization of the technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOK4TGd_l_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOK4TGd_l_Q
- robin_reala 1y agoHeise had an interesting article the other day that immediately showed up just how bad they are: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Administrative-court-Cookie-banner-must-contain-Reject-all-button-10390520.html https://www.heise.de/en/news/Administrative-court-Cookie-ban...
- AndrewDucker 1y agoI don't think that's the right article...
- robin_reala 1y agoIt is? Their cookie consent is way outside of the legal requirements that the article was reporting on.
- AndrewDucker 1y agoOh! When you said "They", I assumed you meant "The craft in the original article", not "cookies". My mistake!
- eclecticfrank 1y agoThis concept also seems related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_cavity_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_cavity_system