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Underwater kite-turbine scheme

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A £25m tidal energy project which works through moving "kites" underwater is being launched on Anglesey. Swedish firm Minesto wants to harness power under the sea off the coast of Holyhead. It will set up its UK offices there and hopes to become a manufacturing centre, creating more jobs there. The so-called Deep Green technology works on the principle that underwater "kites" can reach speeds 10 times faster than the current. This works in the same way a kite flies faster than the wind, and t...
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Researchers discover the key to staying dry underwater

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Imagine staying dry underwater for months. The latest research from Northwestern University engineers identified a wide variety of surfaces that can do just that. Through a combination of analysis of “air-retaining insect surfaces” used by aquatic insects, aging and degassing experiments on material surfaces, and molecular simulations, these engineers believe they understand what keeps certain surfaces dry underwater. Saturation of air within “valleys” on surfaces (less than 1µm wide) defl...
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World’s First Undersea Resort Built

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The holiday complex, Poseidon Resort, has been developed. This is no ordinary hotel--it's located 40 feet under the sea in a lagoon off the shore of a private island in Fiji. L. Bruce Jones, a submarine inventor, has invented the world's first undersea resort. It was due to open in 2008 and has an estimated 150,000 potential guests on its waiting list. It has taken 13 years in the making. The Poseidon Resort comprises of approximately 225 acres and is about a mile long. Accessible via a...
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