The summer is here, and so are the opportunities to indulge in all sorts of outdoor activities. After sitting around the house for a year or so, everyone needs some air. One company that relies on ...

CargoKite is building ‘micro’ ships that are more environmentally friendly—but they’re also faster and more nimble than traditional cargo ships. A typical cargo ship is massive—the largest is more ...

SEATTLE - It's one part kite surfing. One part sailing, and well on its way to becoming the next big thing on the water. Inventor Dan Tracy of Pacific Sky Power says his kite controllers can be ...

The SP80 kite boat crossed the 100 kmh speed mark last week, reaching 108 kmh, or 67.1 mph. That makes it the second-fastest sailboat ever recorded, but the Swiss team still plans to pursue the record ...

I met Don Montague on a seductively fast catamaran in St. Martin earlier this Spring. But it wasn’t until the next day when he returned to the boat with a team of very smart, and very talented guys, ...

French company Airseas, has promised to help cargo ships reduce their fuel consumption, and cut their greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 20%. And they’re doing this with the Seawing—a 1,000 ...

Kites are no longer just for leisurely days at the beach. A promising enviro-enterprise to watch, KiteShip is a wind-power-tech company proposing the use of massive sea kites to reduce the amount of ...

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