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World's 1st Luxury Sports Hovercraft

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Vehicle Flies Over the Surface of Water and Land                                                  Source:  VonMercier VonMercier's Arosa Unique Travel Adventure  A remarkable new piece of travel technology has just been revealed.  VonMercier Hovercraft of Rockford, Illinois has unveiled a top-of-the-line, electric, luxury sports hovercraft that flies over the surface of water, land and other types of terrain at speeds up to 60 mph.  It combines cutting edge electric vehicle technologies with cutting edge hovercraft technologies.  Called the Arosa, it is the world's first sports luxury hovercraft.  And it's not just on the drawing board.  You can buy it this summer for $100,000 or more with customization.  It is a unique, new, travel vehicle adventure for flying just above the surface of water or land. Tec...

Russia's Electric All Terrain Vehicle

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Amphibious, All Terrain, All Electric Moscow Based Startup Green Scout Moscow based startup Green Scout has developed a fascinating, new electric amphibious vehicle.  It's a 6-wheel, electric, amphibious, all-terrain vehicle (ATV).  The vehicle has all-wheel drive with each wheel having power of 3 kW.  Land speeds are up to 70 km/h or 44 mph.  Water speeds are 3 mph. Final Touches The Green Scout team is making final modifications to the ATV.  It is powered by a lithium ion phosphate battery.  Green Scout, on their website, is looking for investors to help them finalize the ATV and start production.  Green Scout says they are willing to move the operation and the production to a location designated by their lead investors.  For a comprehensive look at the best futuristic travel vehicles, go to  https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B095XDNZVD&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_058852VF7S9S066A35J1

COMBO MOTORCYCLE JET SKI

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Biski from the UK Source:  Gibbs Sports Amphibians Ultimate Fun Amphibious Vehicle Biski is a unique, new, designed for fun vehicle.  It's a motorcycle that turns into a jet ski within 5 seconds of driving into the water.  When it hits the water, the chassis floats and two wheels retract at the touch of a button.  Unbelievably, it can reach speeds of 87 mph on the road and 37 mph in the water.  2 water jets propel the vehicle in the water. They emerge when the tires retract. Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks Bike-Jet Ski The bike is the creation of Gibbs Sports Amphibians of the United Kingdom.  It looks like a gadget worthy of a James Bond 007 movie. The bike-jet ski weighs 500 pounds, has a 55 horsepower twin cylinder gas engine and has lights designed for road and water travel.  Biski is a prototype.  Gibbs wants to sell the intellectual property rights to a manufacturer to start producing the bike for sales to the public...

New Drone: Fast Water QualityTesting

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Amphibious Pelican Drone from The Netherlands Source:  Pelican Drone, TU Delft Water Testing in Minutes The Pelican amphibious drone is able to deliver water tests in minutes.  This new technology is gamechanging because current water quality testing is time and labor intensive, requires on site visits by humans and then the water samples have to be transported to a lab. The traditional process is expensive and many times the water samples no longer accurately reflect current water conditions, which dynamically change. The Pelican drone provides water quality testing results in real-time. Autonomous and Real Time Water Monitoring A team at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands has invented the Pelican drone that flies over the water surface and scans it for problem areas with its onboard hyperspectral cameras.  If there's a potential problem, the drone swoops down and takes a water sample.  The sample is transferred to a portable cytasense ...