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There are even more crazy steampunk ideas out there, like pulling ships with giant high-altitude kites https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/giant-kite-

• HardwareLust 11mo ago
  Cool link, thanks! Unfortunately they went bankrupt and the tech now belongs to what was their first and only customer, K Line.
  • Epa095 11mo ago
    That's such a disappointment, I always had higher faith in the kites than the sails. Just seems easier to retrofit on existing ships witouth taking too much of the cargo capacity. But are you sure they are bankrupt? The Internet claims "The company says the purpose of the acquisition, for which the price was not reported, is to strengthen the development and commercialization of “Seawing,” the automated kite system". That might be bs of course. There also seems to be anther company trying it out, https://cargokite.com/ https://cargokite.com/
    • HardwareLust 11mo ago
      https://www.offshore-energy.biz/k-line-buys-out-kite-manufacturer-airseas/ https://www.offshore-energy.biz/k-line-buys-out-kite-manufac... They are still developing the technology: https://www.offshore-energy.biz/k-line-automated-kite-system-development-enters-next-phase/ https://www.offshore-energy.biz/k-line-automated-kite-system...