10-lb electric outboard works like a carbon fiber oar with prop drive

Before getting its blade-like 1000 portable outboard to the US market, Temo announced its presence with another clever mobile e-drive. The Temo 450 Carbon carries like a canoe paddle but tasks an integrated prop drive with delivering up to 200 watts.

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Sleek, mobile electric outboard motor brings swappable battery to USA

Joining the recent American launch of the RemigoOne e-drive, Temo is introducing its own sleek, clamp-and-ride electric outboard. While similar to the RemigoOne, the Temo 1000 offers a few advantages, including a swappable battery pack.

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Sleek scale-model hydroplane rises and rides on the water in new video

While hydrofoils lift out of the water thanks to an underwater fin, hydroplanes zoom along by riding directly on the surface of the water. A slick carbon-fiber scale model from startup CovaConcepts shows off the latter concept in a fun new video.

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ABB marine propulsion concept validated for high efficiency

Just last month we trawled the internet for updates to our coverage of the Dynafin propulsion concept from marine giant ABB. Now the technology has been independently tested, which also gives us our first look at the actual system.

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The deep blue sea might soon become a mining frontier

Deep sea mining has been off limits because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change with The Metal Company's latest move – perhaps sooner than it should.

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ABB developing highly maneuverable, highly efficient marine propeller

Swiss marine giant ABB has spent more than a decade developing a radically different Voith-Schneider take on a marine propeller. The Dynafin system promises up to 85% efficiency, while giving a vessel super-precise maneuvering capabilities.

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Highly portable alu-blade outboard motor turns boat into e-boat

Quite similar to the ePropulsion eLite but bigger and more powerful, the RemigoOne is a hassle-free portable electric outboard built for fast, easy transport to and from the water. The push-button e-drive recently made the trip over to the US market.

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Watch: Can you feel the chop when flying in a foiling e-ferry?

Despite having great sea legs, I remember feeling a little green in the gills when faced with strong winds and choppy waters on an island hop a few years back. Would the trip have been smoother in a foiling ferry? A video from Candela has the answer.

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Lift Foils announces simpler and surfier Lift5 and LiftX eFoil boards

eFoiling should be getting a whole lot easier yet also more exciting, according to Lift Foils. The Puerto Rican company has announced its new Lift5 and LiftX boards, which are both quicker to assemble and more capable than their predecessors.

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Augmented vision helmet helps deep-sea divers work in the murk

Augmented reality comes to deep-sea divers, thanks to the US Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Coda Octopus's Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) system. The setup turns any standard diving hard helmet into a digital information center.

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