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Right, i'm following you. yes, come. under this 25—foot craft is a wing for hydroplaning and sensors that collect hundreds of data points every second. you'll have to take the passenger seat first. 0k. and then we'll let you drive. we need to stabilise it, much like a fighterjet. then we feel how we're oriented, where we are in the world, and then about 100 times per second, we are adjustable by twisting it and changing the angle to keep stable. this is where it gets exciting. let's go. wow! i can feel the sensation of the boat lifting up. it does actually feel like we're flying. and without...

To a variety of sailing vessels. motor boats use fuel that create greenhouse gases. they can leak petrol and they can cause noise pollution. so, i'm here to take a look at some electric boats that aim to overcome these problems, including one that doesn't cut through the waves, but glides above them. right, i'm following you. yes, come. under this 25—foot craft is a wing for hydroplaning and sensors that collect hundreds of data points every second. you'll have to take the passenger seat first. 0k. and then we'll let you drive. we need to stabilise it, much like a fighterjet. then we feel ho...

Of design work and then the decision—makers decide they don't like it, and therein lies a problem because a lot of money and time has been spent getting there. we kept betastreets as a simple tool for most people and not something you need to work in design for two years to be able to do. the idea is anyone can take a photo of their local area, upload it to betastreets and the software will do the work for you. this tool analyses the photo to work out the geometry of the image and that makes adding street furniture, cycle lanes and trees a doddle. is that a sensible place to put a bike hanga...

But next for me is another swedish company called x shore that's making electric boats better connected. hey! hello. nice boat. thank you, thank you. she's a beauty. i believe you have something to give me before we get on board. i have. so, you will be able to start the boat with this one. garmin�*s gps and vitals—tracking smartwatch comes with added nauticalfunctions. man overboard on, unlocked. and then if you fall in, then it stops. now, this won't be as energy—efficient as hydroplaning, but it's still powerful. in four seconds, we will be up well above 30 knots, so everyone needs to...

Solar panels on the roof, solar panels instead of a back window. yes, this is a solar—powered car, and they call it lightyear one. the first production model will be going on sale this summer. its five square metres of solar panels come in narrow sections that better curve around the body and also mean that if it's parked partly in the shade, the sections that are in the sun still work at full capacity. but even though the battery can take you 440 miles on a single charge, a day's worth of sunlight will only provide about 45 miles of that. the rest still has to come from plugging it in. howe...