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Flying cars: Waiting in the wings or poised for takeoff?
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A Terrafugia Transition flying car prototype is seen in action in March of this year. The aircraft was on display this week at an air show in Oshkosh, Wis. “We wanted to demonstrate some of the technology and infrastructure that’s being deployed today that is actually making that Jetsons dream a reality,” said Carl Dietrich, Terrafugia's CEO and co-founder.
Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… well, if you were in Oshkosh, Wis., this week, it just might have been a glimpse of the future as the Transition flying car took to the sky in its first public flight.
“It was a huge, huge milestone,” said Carl Dietrich, co-founder and CEO of Terrafugia Inc., the company behind the Transition. “We wanted to demonstrate some of the technology and infrastructure that’s being deployed today that is actually making that Jetsons dream a reality.”
During the demonstration, which took place at AirVenture, an annual gathering sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the Transition clearly lived up to its name. After flying over the crowd, test pilot Phil Meteer landed, pushed a button to fold up the vehicle’s hinged wings and drove off.
And while the Transition lacked the Jetson car’s bubble-top design or seats for four (and a dog), Dietrich and others believe it’s a viable prototype that will eventually lead us down the road — or runway — to a future where flying cars are not a dream but a reality.
That dream, in fact, has been around as long as there have been both cars and airplanes.
“Aviation and automobiles came out at about the same time,” said EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski. “Ever since, people have dreamed about something that they could drive but instantly fly when they wanted to.”
Those dreams have taken a bewildering variety of shapes, ranging from winged motorcycles to rotor-powered hovercraft to cobbled-together contraptions that would give Flash Gordon pause. Most never got off the drawing board, let alone the ground, but perusing the 100-plus prototypes on RoadableTimes.com is a testimonial to the persistence of the vision.
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A ConVairCar Model 118 flying car, pictured during a test flight over California in 1947, was designed by Theodore P. Hall for the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company of San Diego, California, but never went into production.
It’s not surprising that so few efforts have come to fruition, says Jake Schultz, a technical analyst at Boeing and the author of “A Drive in the Clouds: The Story of the Aerocar,” which tells the story of Moulton Taylor, who designed and built one of the few flying cars that actually flew back in the 1950s.
“The difficulty of the task is difficult for people to comprehend,” said Schultz. “Part of it is the physics and the engineering and part of it is the bureaucracies of finance, insurance and automotive and aviation regulations.”
None of which seems to stop people from trying. In addition to the Transition, there’s the PAL-V, a three-wheeled gyrocopter that made its first test flights in the Netherlands last year, and the Maverick, a dune buggy-like vehicle with a propeller and parafoil that was designed to take missionaries into regions where roads don’t go.
Dietrich’s vision is both less lofty and more expansive. As a pilot himself, his goal is to provide a solution to the problem of bad weather, which grounds small airplanes as much as 30 percent of the time.
“If you’re flying and the weather comes in, instead of turning around and going home or landing and waiting out the storm, you can land, fold up the wings in a minute and safely drive to your destination or another airport to take off again,” he said.
As such, the Transition is clearly a niche product designed more for pilots seeking a roadworthy vehicle than drivers hoping to fly. The $279,000 price tag and the requirement to earn a sport pilot license will also serve to limit its commercial appeal.
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With a price tag nearing $300,000, the Transition isn't for everyone ... yet.
Nevertheless, the company has already booked more than 100 orders, each with a $10,000 deposit. Pending certification from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the company hopes to sell its first units in 2015 or 2016.
In the meantime, Dietrich is already thinking beyond the initial target market of delay-prone sport pilots. In May, the company unveiled its vision for the future, the TF-X, a four-passenger flying car that would use electric propulsion and tiltable rotors to facilitate vertical takeoffs and landings and eliminate the need for runways entirely.
“Within the next decade, we could have a vertical takeoff and landing, plug-in hybrid flying car that will land in an open space like a parking lot,” said Dietrich. “It would fit inside your garage and you wouldn’t have to go to airports at all.”
According to Dietrich, the incorporation of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technology would also mean the vehicles could be essentially driverless, eliminating the need for a pilot's license and minimizing the likelihood of operator-error accidents.
Whether that will actually happen in 10 years or 100 years or not at all will depend on a host of factors, including available technology, regulatory requirements, cost constraints and consumer acceptance. But for today’s aviation innovators, the only way to get to that future is to start working on it now.
“I love the fact that people are taking things that don’t exist, visualizing a possible future and then actively working on bringing it to reality,” said Schultz, who has some experience with the subject as a member of the team that turned Boeing’s Sonic Cruiser concept into the 787.
Likewise, “there will definitely be an evolutionary process” for flying cars, said Knapinski. “Will this or that product survive that process? Boy, if I could guess that, I’d make a lot of money consulting.”
$50,000-a-night 'floating' hotel room on Denver skyline
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The $50,000 floating Denver hotel room - which has so far had no takers.
DENVER - If being a mile above sea level is not high enough for visitors to Denver, guests at one hotel can pay a cool $50,000 to get an additional 22-foot boost in an inflatable room hoisted into the downtown skyline.
Perched atop a mechanical scissor lift affixed to the roof of a van parked outside the Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver, "the world's only floating pop-up hotel" is a small but fully functional guest room, according to hotel promotional material.
The 5-foot-by-7-foot inflatable chamber - about the dimensions of an elevator - is the brainchild of New York-based artist Alex Schweder, who created the work for a local festival to promote the arts.
Made of clear vinyl with inflated walls like a bouncy room for kids, the chamber is furnished with a bed, chair, couch, and complete lavatory facilities. The couch and chair retract when the bed is deployed, similar to a pop-up book.
An aluminum railing around the room provides a measure of security lest a sleepwalker decide to take a midnight stroll.
The floating room concept is part of the Curtis Hotel's pop culture-themed lodging experience, said sales and marketing director Kate Thompson.
Other amenities included in the $50,000-per-night charge are limousine service, a Tiffany's diamond pendant and earring set, binoculars for viewing, and "groovy in-room" swag like 1960s-era scarves and bell-bottom pants.
Patrons can also host a disco party at the main hotel's '70s-style lounge. And guests who buy the package will be greeted at their hotel room by Sonny and Cher impersonators.
Although the quirky concept is creating a buzz in downtown Denver, so far no one has reserved the room, which will be available for another few weeks, Thompson said.
"We've had one serious phone call but no one has booked it yet," Thompson said.
An Arctic summer! Bears, bald eagles and having a whale of a time in sunny Alaska
To many minds, Alaska is wild, remote and impossibly cold.
True, for most of the eight long, dark months of the year, when dog sledging and the Northern Lights are the main reasons to visit.
But summer in America's largest - and only Arctic - state heralds a season of energy and adventure; of hiking, fishing, whale-watching, moose and bear-spotting, and some of the world's most scenically spectacular rail trips.
This year, the journey to
Alaska from the UK has been slashed to ten hours, with a new hop over
the Pole from Reykjavik connecting with several UK airports. I arrive in
Anchorage, the main city hunched between the snow-veined shoulders of
the Chugach Mountains, which rise sharply from the fingers of Cook
Inlet.
My hotel overlooks Lake Hood. There is a sense of awakening as people tinker with the float planes moored on the thawed water. With great swathes of Alaska unreachable by road year-round (you can't even drive between Anchorage and Juneau, the state capital), small planes are treated like buses and about one in 50 people has a pilot's licence.
Still, my first glimpses of 'the real Alaska' - which to Alaskans seems to mean anywhere beyond Anchorage - are from the train south to the ice-free port of Seward. With mountains and glaciers on all sides, and nothing but wild beyond, the track undulates along the shore of Turnagain Arm, the fjord named in frustration by Captain Cook in 1778 while searching for the Northwest Passage.
With its sensational setting at the
heart of the Kenai Mountains and the head of Resurrection Bay, Sewards's
harbour is the gateway to wildlife cruises in Kenai Fjords National
Park.
However, the vagaries of nature are the price for all this beauty, and the view from the deck of Alalik Voyager is of a ghostly seascape suddenly swirling with mist. 'A pair of sea otters swimming on their backs at 10 o'clock,' sings skipper Kerry from the bridge. Then 'bald eagle at three o'clock' and '...a huge herd of Steller sea lions on the rocks at nine o'clock'. Good thing we can all tell the time, especially when 'blow at one o'clock' announces the surfacing of a humpback whale with the girth of a Boeing.
More startling encounters awaited in Denali National Park. Another ride on the railroad took me inland to this vast tract of wilderness, which is bigger than Wales. The park is home to Mount McKinley (aka Denali, meaning 'the great one' in the native Athabascan language), the highest peak in North America. At 20,320 feet it dwarfs surrounding mountains and has its own weather system leaving it frequently shrouded in cloud.
'Denali does not come to you, you have
to go out and find Denali,' says park ranger Kris Fister as we set off
to hike the Savage River Loop. She let off the occasional warning cry of
'hooee . . . yo-yo-yo!' explaining: 'I have been a ranger here for 11
years and believe me, the last thing you want to do is surprise a bear.'
No bears. But we do chance on a huge moose cow moving slowly through cottonwood and alder, and some powerful caribou bulls bending their antlers to drink. On one side of the trail is the rattling river, milky and bluish on account of its glacial origins; on the other, steep mountainside with arc-horned wild Dall sheep perched on rocky ledges. We pause at a glade next to a long beaver dam at the edge of Horseshoe Lake.
From here we have a clear view up to sparkling glacial peaks. Kris points out to me some of the famous fangs, which I will skim on my glacier-landing flight the next day. Short of a week-long mountaineering expedition, the only way to get up there is by plane.
True, for most of the eight long, dark months of the year, when dog sledging and the Northern Lights are the main reasons to visit.
But summer in America's largest - and only Arctic - state heralds a season of energy and adventure; of hiking, fishing, whale-watching, moose and bear-spotting, and some of the world's most scenically spectacular rail trips.
Great outdoors: Alaska is famed for its wide
open space and Denali National Park certainly offers plenty of
opportunities for solitude
My hotel overlooks Lake Hood. There is a sense of awakening as people tinker with the float planes moored on the thawed water. With great swathes of Alaska unreachable by road year-round (you can't even drive between Anchorage and Juneau, the state capital), small planes are treated like buses and about one in 50 people has a pilot's licence.
Still, my first glimpses of 'the real Alaska' - which to Alaskans seems to mean anywhere beyond Anchorage - are from the train south to the ice-free port of Seward. With mountains and glaciers on all sides, and nothing but wild beyond, the track undulates along the shore of Turnagain Arm, the fjord named in frustration by Captain Cook in 1778 while searching for the Northwest Passage.
Chill out: Laid-back sea otters float in the waters and there are even chances to spot humpback whales and sea lions
However, the vagaries of nature are the price for all this beauty, and the view from the deck of Alalik Voyager is of a ghostly seascape suddenly swirling with mist. 'A pair of sea otters swimming on their backs at 10 o'clock,' sings skipper Kerry from the bridge. Then 'bald eagle at three o'clock' and '...a huge herd of Steller sea lions on the rocks at nine o'clock'. Good thing we can all tell the time, especially when 'blow at one o'clock' announces the surfacing of a humpback whale with the girth of a Boeing.
More startling encounters awaited in Denali National Park. Another ride on the railroad took me inland to this vast tract of wilderness, which is bigger than Wales. The park is home to Mount McKinley (aka Denali, meaning 'the great one' in the native Athabascan language), the highest peak in North America. At 20,320 feet it dwarfs surrounding mountains and has its own weather system leaving it frequently shrouded in cloud.
Meet the locals: It's not unusual to see huge moose when you hike through Denali National Park
No bears. But we do chance on a huge moose cow moving slowly through cottonwood and alder, and some powerful caribou bulls bending their antlers to drink. On one side of the trail is the rattling river, milky and bluish on account of its glacial origins; on the other, steep mountainside with arc-horned wild Dall sheep perched on rocky ledges. We pause at a glade next to a long beaver dam at the edge of Horseshoe Lake.
From here we have a clear view up to sparkling glacial peaks. Kris points out to me some of the famous fangs, which I will skim on my glacier-landing flight the next day. Short of a week-long mountaineering expedition, the only way to get up there is by plane.
Take to the skies: Seaplanes are used like buses by the locals in Alaska
Airline Complaint Letter Becomes Best Airline Complaint Ever
One airline passenger handled his complaint with class, and some humor by sending a letter that eventually went viral. While these letters are usually filled with rage, LIAT received one from a customer who flew to the Caribbean.
The note was so funny that it prompted another air carrier’s CEO to tweet it to his more than 3 million followers.
“How to write a complaint letter — read this hilarious note from a frustrated airline passenger,” tweeted Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group.
The LIAT letter appeared in the weekly British Virgin Islands newspaper, the BVI Beacon, earlier this year.
The letter was penned by Londoner Arthur Hicks and titled “An Open Letter to LIAT.”
Dear LIAT,May I say how considerate it is of you to enable your passengers such an in-depth and thorough tour of the Caribbean.Most other airlines I have traveled on would simply wish to take me from point A to B in rather a hurry. I was intrigued that we were allowed to stop at not a lowly one or two but a magnificent six airports yesterday. And who wants to fly on the same airplane the entire time? We got to change and refuel every step of the way!I particularly enjoyed sampling the security scanners at every single airport. I find it preposterous that people imagine them all to be the same. And as for being patted down by a variety of islanders, well, I feel as if I’ve been hugged by most of the Caribbean already. I also found it unique that this was all done on “island time,” because I do like to have time to absorb the atmosphere of the various departure lounges. As for our arrival, well, who wants to have to take a ferry at the end of all that flying anyway? I’m glad the boat was long gone by the time we arrived into Tortola last night — and that all those noisy bars and restaurants were closed.So thank you, LIAT. I now truly understand why you are “The Caribbean Airline.”P.S. Keep the bag. I never liked it anyway.
Branson himself was once the recipient of what some think is the most epic airline complaint letter of all time. In that letter, the author likens his flight on Virgin to a “culinary journey of hell.”
Branson even blogged about it.
Water On Mars: History Of Mars Ocean
Water may have been everywhere on Mars at one time, according to researchers from the California Institute of Technology. A Mars ocean may have covered as much as one-third of the planet billions of years ago.
“One of the more provocative ideas concerning the history of water on mars is there was once an ocean covering the northern area of the planet,” study co-author Roman DiBiase, a postdoctoral geology scholar at Caltech, told The Huffington Post. DiBiase added that the team’s findings — published in the Journal of Geophysical Research — are consistent with this longstanding hypothesis of an ocean on Mars.
Using high-resolution images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the researchers examined a 38-square-mile area in the Aeolis Dorsa region that may contain a former coastline. The range is characterized by hilly ridges called inverted channels, which scientists believe show traces of an ancient water system.
The team focused on the area’s topography and sedimentary rock layers in order to determine the slope of these ancient channels, which would indicate the direction of water flow. DiBiase said that interpreting the direction of flow is key.
Rather than converging, as previously believed, the water lines appear to spread out, suggesting that the channels were part of a delta that deposited water into a larger body of water, such as an ocean or regional sea, DiBiase said.
Though this is not the first time scientists have uncovered evidence of an ancient delta on Mars, previous findings were geographically confined. In 2010 the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spotted in the southern hemisphere a delta constrained within a 40-mile-wide crater, meaning the largest body of water that the channel could have filtered into would have been a lake.
However, as the Caltech team notes in its recent study, this is not the case with their finding.
“The location of our delta and other similar features within Aeolis Dorsa implies a large standing body of water spanning at least [100,000 square kilometers] and potentially far larger based on a complete lack of confining topography,” the researchers write.
The ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft detected sedimentary evidence last February that a large ocean once existed on Mars in the northern plains, where the Caltech study’s region is located.
Ancient cities, memories .......
As I trudge through the jungle, I flinch at the sharp sound of AK-47s being fired at a nearby shooting range.
'And on your left, another crater,' says guide An Dung, leading us over the pitted, hardened red earth and through a eucalyptus grove. The crater was made by a B-52 bomber. This is Cu Chi, about 20 miles outside Ho Chi Minh City where, during the Vietnam War, Viet Cong guerillas hid from the Americans in a 200-mile network of tunnels.
Battle ground: Hue's Imperial Citadel was seized from the Americans in 1968
US troops withdrew from the country 40 years ago, yet there are still so many reminders of the war, including these tunnels. While four decades ago Westerners who arrived in Saigon (since renamed Ho Chi Minh City in honour of the iconic North Vietnamese communist leader) were armed with semi-automatic rifles, they now carry the latest cameras, and factor 30 sun cream is the only defence you need.
The former battle sites of this country, once so bitterly divided between the communist North and the anti-communist South, are popular tourist destinations.
From Ho Chi Minh City in the south to the northern capital Hanoi, the Vietnamese are proud to display their victory over mightier forces during what they call the American War.
Clambering into the Cu Chi tunnels is a living history lesson. The manhole-size entrances, hidden under fallen palm fronds, have been widened for the tourists. It's a good job too - I wouldn't be able to get in otherwise. The Vietnamese are petite.
It's total darkness underground, and I have to feel my way along the clay walls. Sometimes, the ceiling is so low I have to crawl to reach the next tiny chamber. It is like being incarcerated in a hard, cold box while wearing a blindfold.
The Viet Cong hid down here for months. I stayed for ten minutes before I fled for the exit, climbing up towards the light and the silhouette of an M41 tank captured from the Americans. Such spoils litter the jungle.
Reminders of conflict: A guide emerges from a Cu Chi tunnel, built by the Viet Cong and famous for its tiny dimensions
Even above ground, life was pretty tough for the guerillas. An Dung fed me mashed tapioca root with salt and sugar - the Viet Cong's staple diet. It tasted like cold porridge, only worse.
As I ate, more gunfire cracked through the trees. It was coming from the range at the tunnels, where tourists can select a semiautomatic weapon of their choice and shoot at imaginary foes. I had reached Cu Chi after taking an hour-long speedboat journey along the Saigon River from Ho Chi Minh City.
In the throbbing capital city, the main sound isn't gunfire but the 'fut fut' of more than ten million mopeds swarming around the streets. Each bike carries two, three or four people, including babies. The riders look like ninjas as scarves cover most of their face to keep out the fumes.
I had my own skirmishes with these road warriors - there are no crossing points so our guide issued the following advice: simply step slowly into the stream of two-wheeled traffic, and don't stop or make any sudden movements, otherwise you will just jump into the path of another bike. No one stops for pedestrians - the motorbikes just go around you. It's terrifying.
At least it was easy to find my way around. Vietnamese cities have what can only be called 'zoned shopping'. All the shops in the same street sell a single item or service.
Bright outlook: Women carry goods to market in Ho Chi Minh City
For example, the street where my hotel was located sold only mobile phones. The next street sold plastic flowers. The next, spare parts for mopeds. Each street is named after what it sells. So when I needed a camera battery, I just had to ask for camera battery street. Simple.
In Ho Chi Minh City, it's not easy to forget the war. In the courtyard of the War Remnants Museum, I posed in front of captured American tanks, camouflaged reconnaissance planes and a Huey helicopter.
The Historical Truths and Aggressive War Crimes galleries inside showed the human cost of conflict, with photos of families fleeing US attacks.
The Tet Offensive by Viet Cong forces, the My Lai massacre and the fall of Saigon are all detailed here. The giant faded casualty charts are chilling. There's no attempt at objectivity. This is a portrait of the war as seen through communist eyes. There's even a wall naming and shaming those US soldiers who committed the so-called crimes.
The Americans aren't Vietnam's only recent invaders. Before them, the French were the country's colonial masters, and they planted the huge trees that provide welcome shade along Ho Chi Minh City's wide boulevards.
All aboard: Children get a lift to school in Ho Chi Minh
They also left behind a cluster of ornate buildings, including a grand opera house with a sweeping staircase, a hotel de ville with crystal chandeliers (it's now the People's Committee Building), and a cathedral named Notre Dame.
I spent an evening looking over what remains of Old Saigon from the rooftop bar of the Caravelle Hotel, where foreign journalists stayed during the war.
I tried to imagine what it was like when the sound above wasn't whirring fans that help keep customers cool but the rotors of US helicopters, and the sound below not that of mopeds but rumbling tanks.
History lesson: Dea discovers more about the brutal 20th century clash at the War Remnants Museum
Afterwards I took a taxi back to my hotel, and Hotel California by The Eagles blasted out from the car radio, while a golden Buddha figure bounced up and down on the driver's dashboard.
Along the way we passed women carrying bamboo poles that held baskets of produce. I also counted the golden tips of pagodas, and understood why people can't help but fall in love with this land.
During my trip, I followed the invaders' route northwards, towards central Vietnam, the region that saw the most ferocious fighting.
Fortunately, these are more peaceful times and on my arrival at the Pilgrimage Village hotel on the outskirts of Hue, the only sound was the pit-pat of flip-flops on the stone tiled pathways around the lush gardens. At night, there was the squawk from the nearby karaoke bar (the Vietnamese are devotees).
But even in this prosperous city crowded with modern office blocks, the American War is still evident. I took a cyclo (bicycle rickshaw) across the Perfume River to Hue's vast Imperial Citadel, encased by a moat and eight-mile ring of thick ramparts. In the early 19th Century, the Imperial Enclosure and Forbidden Purple City within them were the centre of Vietnam's royal court.
During the Tet Offensive in 1968, the communists seized the Imperial Citadel from the Americans and defiantly raised a giant National Liberation Front flag over it. It flies there today, a symbol of resistance.
The imperial buildings are still pock-marked as a result of bullets and shell fire, and the process of reconstruction, which has been going on since the American tanks left, is due to be finished by 2025.
I spent a day walking between half-ruined temples, a royal theatre, a pagoda on an island surrounded by a lake, the emperor's reading room and yet more fine museums. Further north, in Hanoi, even the cells that held American prisoners have been turned into a museum.
Taking aim: A tourist tests an AK-47 at the firing range near the Cu Chi tunnels
If you believed the displays at Hoa Lo Prison, you would think it was a former holiday camp - there are examples of starched shirts worn by US troops, their fine leather sandals and even their half-smoked cigarettes.
The PoWs ironically nicknamed it the Hanoi Hilton because of the appalling conditions in which they lived. US Senator John McCain was held here after his aircraft was shot down over the city's Truc Bach Lake and he claims to have been tortured. Nevertheless, there's a statue dedicated to him where he was pulled out of the water.
However, there are plenty of peaceful pursuits too, and an early morning walk around the Hoan Kiem Lake is recommended. As the mist rises, workers do t'ai chi classes and old men sit down for a game of chess close to a scarlet bridge that leads to a temple.
One night, I took in a show at the Water Puppet Theatre. Originally staged in paddy fields and lakes, the puppeteers wade waist-deep into water while working dozens of painted balsa-light puppets on long wooden poles, making them splash, skim and dance. The puppets act out Vietnamese legends with the help of a live band playing traditional instruments.
There was conflict in the show - the dragon seemed to have a fight with the fairy, and the tigers were definitely attacking the farmers. But after what I'd seen elsewhere in this country, this was playful stuff.
My trip to Vietnam had not just taken me to another country - it helped me understand a war I only vaguely remembered from my childhood. It showed me the scars of conflict. It made me think.
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Australian Researchers Develop First-Ever Shark-Repellant Wetsuits
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) Oceans Institute have joined forces with a commercial firm to develop what are being hailed as the world’s first anti-shark wetsuits.
In response to a growing number of shark sightings and attacks in Australia and around the world, UWA Associate Professor Nathan Hart and Winthrop Professor Shaun Collin joined forces with designers from Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS) to create the suits.
“Although sharks use a number of senses to locate prey, it is known that vision is the crucial sense in the final stage of an attack. By disrupting a shark’s visual perception, an attack can either be diverted altogether or at least delayed to allow time to exit the water,” the company explained on its website. “SAMS has been working with the university for a number years and has translated the scientific data into a range of shark deterrent designs.”
According to Sarah Griffiths of the Daily Mail, SAMS and the UWA researchers have developed two different kinds of wetsuits. One contains a blue pattern which cannot be detected by the color-blind creatures, while the other features a series of white stripes meant to mimic the colors of poisonous fish in order to frighten off the potential predators.
The first wetsuit, which is known as the “cryptic” wetsuit, was designed primarily for divers while the other, the “warning” wetsuit, was geared more towards swimmers and surfers, according to The West Australian reporter Angela Pownall. Both wetsuits are based upon recent scientific discoveries about how different types of sharks detect and see prey, and their development came on the heels of five shark-related deaths in two years in Western Australia.
“The two design variations either present the wearer as potentially dangerous and unpalatable to a shark, or make it very difficult for the shark to see the wearer in the water,” SAMS said. “The shark deterrent technology can be applied to products such as wetsuits, skins and stickers for diving air tanks, surfboards, kayaks, skis and more.”
In a statement, SAMS founder and director Hamish Jolly said that the company cannot guarantee that the suits would provide “failsafe protection” against shark attacks, he noted that initial tests conducted in oceans and with wild sharks had produced “extraordinary” results. “We believe they certainly can assist without any additional equipment or cost other than what is already being used,” he added.
Likewise, Professor Collin said, “We believe that an understanding of the basic neurobiology of the sensory capabilities of sharks is essential to translating this knowledge into ways to help the public reduce the risk of shark attacks.” He and his colleagues report that the suits will continue to be tested, but that a license for use of the patented technology had been issued to Australian wetsuit retailer Radiator.
Source: redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) Oceans Institute have joined forces with a commercial firm to develop what are being hailed as the world’s first anti-shark wetsuits.In response to a growing number of shark sightings and attacks in Australia and around the world, UWA Associate Professor Nathan Hart and Winthrop Professor Shaun Collin joined forces with designers from Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS) to create the suits.
“Although sharks use a number of senses to locate prey, it is known that vision is the crucial sense in the final stage of an attack. By disrupting a shark’s visual perception, an attack can either be diverted altogether or at least delayed to allow time to exit the water,” the company explained on its website. “SAMS has been working with the university for a number years and has translated the scientific data into a range of shark deterrent designs.”
According to Sarah Griffiths of the Daily Mail, SAMS and the UWA researchers have developed two different kinds of wetsuits. One contains a blue pattern which cannot be detected by the color-blind creatures, while the other features a series of white stripes meant to mimic the colors of poisonous fish in order to frighten off the potential predators.
The first wetsuit, which is known as the “cryptic” wetsuit, was designed primarily for divers while the other, the “warning” wetsuit, was geared more towards swimmers and surfers, according to The West Australian reporter Angela Pownall. Both wetsuits are based upon recent scientific discoveries about how different types of sharks detect and see prey, and their development came on the heels of five shark-related deaths in two years in Western Australia.
“The two design variations either present the wearer as potentially dangerous and unpalatable to a shark, or make it very difficult for the shark to see the wearer in the water,” SAMS said. “The shark deterrent technology can be applied to products such as wetsuits, skins and stickers for diving air tanks, surfboards, kayaks, skis and more.”
In a statement, SAMS founder and director Hamish Jolly said that the company cannot guarantee that the suits would provide “failsafe protection” against shark attacks, he noted that initial tests conducted in oceans and with wild sharks had produced “extraordinary” results. “We believe they certainly can assist without any additional equipment or cost other than what is already being used,” he added.
Likewise, Professor Collin said, “We believe that an understanding of the basic neurobiology of the sensory capabilities of sharks is essential to translating this knowledge into ways to help the public reduce the risk of shark attacks.” He and his colleagues report that the suits will continue to be tested, but that a license for use of the patented technology had been issued to Australian wetsuit retailer Radiator.
Source: redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) Oceans Institute have joined forces with a commercial firm to develop what are being hailed as the world’s first anti-shark wetsuits.In response to a growing number of shark sightings and attacks in Australia and around the world, UWA Associate Professor Nathan Hart and Winthrop Professor Shaun Collin joined forces with designers from Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS) to create the suits.
“Although sharks use a number of senses to locate prey, it is known that vision is the crucial sense in the final stage of an attack. By disrupting a shark’s visual perception, an attack can either be diverted altogether or at least delayed to allow time to exit the water,” the company explained on its website. “SAMS has been working with the university for a number years and has translated the scientific data into a range of shark deterrent designs.”
According to Sarah Griffiths of the Daily Mail, SAMS and the UWA researchers have developed two different kinds of wetsuits. One contains a blue pattern which cannot be detected by the color-blind creatures, while the other features a series of white stripes meant to mimic the colors of poisonous fish in order to frighten off the potential predators.
The first wetsuit, which is known as the “cryptic” wetsuit, was designed primarily for divers while the other, the “warning” wetsuit, was geared more towards swimmers and surfers, according to The West Australian reporter Angela Pownall. Both wetsuits are based upon recent scientific discoveries about how different types of sharks detect and see prey, and their development came on the heels of five shark-related deaths in two years in Western Australia.
“The two design variations either present the wearer as potentially dangerous and unpalatable to a shark, or make it very difficult for the shark to see the wearer in the water,” SAMS said. “The shark deterrent technology can be applied to products such as wetsuits, skins and stickers for diving air tanks, surfboards, kayaks, skis and more.”
In a statement, SAMS founder and director Hamish Jolly said that the company cannot guarantee that the suits would provide “failsafe protection” against shark attacks, he noted that initial tests conducted in oceans and with wild sharks had produced “extraordinary” results. “We believe they certainly can assist without any additional equipment or cost other than what is already being used,” he added.
Likewise, Professor Collin said, “We believe that an understanding of the basic neurobiology of the sensory capabilities of sharks is essential to translating this knowledge into ways to help the public reduce the risk of shark attacks.” He and his colleagues report that the suits will continue to be tested, but that a license for use of the patented technology had been issued to Australian wetsuit retailer Radiator.
Source: redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online
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