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Gliding effortlessly over water is deeply cool, but encountering a moderate hill suddenly renders this futuristic craft entirely useless. Without wheels to…
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A hovercraft is technically a massive fan riding on a cushion of air. It does not touch the water, and it can drive seamlessly onto a beach. Yet,…
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British engineer Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in the 1950s using an empty cat food tin, a coffee tin, and an industrial hairdryer to test his…
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The US Office of Naval Research looked at the Segway decades before it was invented and thought, "Let's make it fly and arm the rider." The Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee…
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During the Cold War, someone in Britain clearly had too much funding and suggested building a 1,000-ton hovercraft powered by a nuclear reactor. The idea was…
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Professional golfer Bubba Watson once collaborated with an engineering firm to develop a fully functional hovercraft golf cart, designed specifically to glide…
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