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DIY: How to Make a Wave Powered Boat

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:47:16 +0000

You may use small wood boards, or toy boats "borrowed" from your kids. Or as well you may teach your little ones how to build a free energy device.

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Francois Kneider's Wave Powered Boat Working Principles

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:54:05 +0000

While about a month ago I was presenting an article about Suntory Mermaid II, a boat powered only by the movement of the waves, I am now presenting an inventor, named Francois Kneider, who in his seventies, continues to amaze the people who know him by the number of ideas he has and the innovations he brought to life. In 2005, he focused on building wave powered systems for boats.

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Wave Powered Boat: Free Energy from the Oceans

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:44:00 +0000

The wave powered boat is called "Suntory Mermaid II". It has a speed of 5 knots, which is three times slower than traditional diesel powered boats. With some improvement in the wave-propulsion technology and combining it with wind sailing we can hope that it will become competitive with fossil fuels-powered boats.

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