Latest Technology News – Page 3
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Electrification
Maritime AI seeks to reduce a vessel’s operating costs
A leading supplier of maritime technology for eNavigation and performance solutions, is convinced it can dramatically reduce emissions by using AI to make digital copies of vessels
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Outboard engines
Volvo provides scholarships for hydrogen ICE research
Whilst the development of electric engines continues to grow apace, there is a school of thought that feels that burning hydrogen in existing internal combustion engine (ICE) technology may be greener. A champion of this approach is the Swedish car maker Volvo
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Electrification
The future of AI in boat building
The widespread integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into multiple aspects of daily life continues at a lightning pace, including its adoption into different aspects of product design and fabrication.
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Security
Anti-jamming tech comes to the fore
As tensions in parts of the world escalate, superyacht interest in anti-jamming technology is growing
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Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery
ACC Wingsail shows promise for larger craft
Concept now being upscaled for use on sailing superyachts
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Battery Technologies
Flexible solar panels for boat decks
Solar panels you can walk on could be an industry gamechanger
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Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery
Are adaptable moulds the future of fibreglass boat building?
Reduced tooling costs and easy mass customisation could soon make adaptable moulding technology central to fibreglass boat production
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Electrification
Autowatch - New Renault EV van is 27% more efficient
An eye on the auto sector reveals what could be hitting the marine sector soon
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Navigation
ChatGPT takes AI into the realm of small business collaboration
Artificial intelligence research lab, OpenAI, commenced the new year by launching a new version of its ChatGPT chatbot designed to enable small to medium size company teams of up to 149 people to harness AI in core operations. Is the world of business about to change?
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Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery
Mould a hull four times faster
By using Gurit’s B3 Smartpac kit, Merino Boatworks has reduced the moulding time for this 6.78 stepped-hull sports fisher from one-and-a half months to just over a week
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Electrification
How the humpback whale is helping BlueNav improve engine performance
New propeller blades launched this week use biomimicry to boost performance
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Boat Autonomy
Driving boats with air gestures?
Touchless boat operation using air gestures is a whole lot closer than you think
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Electrification
Seyond, Avikus partner on LiDAR-based autonomous boating technology
Two leaders in autonomous boating solutions are collaborating in an alliance they are calling “a significant milestone”
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Boat Autonomy
Reality check for our autonomous ambitions?
GM has announced it is to slash funding for its Cruise AV division
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Electrification
Operating boats with voice controls
Move over touchscreens and mobile phone apps, as voice control systems look to become the primary interface between boats and their operators
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Battery Technologies
Inductive charging for electric boats
Mobile phone-like wireless charging for EVs could deliver unique benefits in the leisure marine sector
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Superyacht Technology
Orca AI improves the tireless SeaPod automated watchkeeper
The trouble with a human lookout is that they get tired and start to make bad decisions, which can lead to otherwise avoidable collisions, especially in crowded waters. For some old sailors, their eyesight isn’t all it could be, either. Fortunately, the marine sector already has a watchkeeper who is ...
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UK
UK technology company completes testing of world’s first hydrogen-electric boat
New craft powered by printed circuit board fuel cell technology
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Battery Technologies
Gallium Nitride enables faster charging for mobile devices on board
Hubbell Marine’s USB-C Power Delivery Receptacles are made from heavy-duty stainless steel and offer four times the charge rate of conventional ‘brick’ chargers.
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Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery
Avoiding the dry dock
Expertise honed in the commercial underwater repair sector is allowing large charter yachts to avoid the costs and time constraints of dry dock