The Plastiki is probably much nicer looking than you expected it to look when you first heard that it was made from garbage, which could have been as little as 5 seconds ago when you read the title of this blog post. Well, actually it’s made from recycled plastic, which after processing is not as [...]

“Exploring the limits of human power” is as appropriate a phrase as any describing Greg Kolodziejzyk. And by “human power”, I mean “human insanity”. Greg is planning to pedal from Canada to Hawaii, over 3,000 miles. Greg’s boat “WiTHiN” is a feat in itself, and there is a nice Picasa album of the development and [...]

Decavitator The Decavitator is an old MIT project from the late 80′s and early 90′s. The goal of the project was to build the fastest human powered watercraft in history. The team was pursuing the $25k DuPont prize, which they won in 1993. The Decavitator avoids the problem of propeller cavitation that affects other boats [...]