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Title: This floating UFO home lets you live off-grid on the ocean
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URL Source: http://www.sciencealert.com/this-fl ... you-live-off-grid-on-the-ocean
Published: May 16, 2016
Author: FIONA MACDONALD
Post Date: 2016-05-16 05:26:38 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 141
Comments: 4

ScienceAlert...

If you've ever dreamed of packing up your life and floating off towards the horizon forever - without leaving behind a super-yacht sized footprint - this little UFO pod concept might be the futuristic pad of your dreams.

With the potential to let you enjoy the comforts of home off the grid, it would also make a pretty good place to wait out the zombie apocalypse.

Designed by Italian mini yacht-maker Jet Capsule, the UFO, or Unidentified Floating Object, travels the world at a leisurely maximum speed of 6.5 km/h (4 mph or 3.5 knots), using a waterjet-propelled electric motor.

That battery-powered motor gets its energy from 40 square metres (430 square feet) of solar panels, which sit in a closeable space at the top of the roof, so they can be protected and secured during a storm.

UFO2Jet Capsule

Wind and water turbines could also be added, according to designers Pierpaolo Lazzarini and Luca Solla, which would create enough power for you to operate the rest of the house (and the motor on cloudy days).

Water is provided by solar-powered desalination, as well as a system that purifies rainwater. And food comes in the form of a vegetable garden that encircles the structure - although no word on how well that would hold up during a storm.

Arguably the best part about the whole thing is that on the lower level, along with a bathroom and bedroom, there's a submerged viewing window where people can chill out and watch life pass them by under the sea.

ufo-9Jet Capsule

The elephant in the room, of course, is how exactly this little pod deals with rough seas. But according to Jet Capsule, it's "unsinkable" thanks to an elastic anchor system.

"The main structure of the floating object can be aligned with the compass, keeping the position angle oriented on the desired cardinal direction, even in rough sea conditions," they write on their site.

For now, the whole thing is still a concept, so it's a pretty bold claim to make without any testing. From the sketches, the two fibreglass spherical shells seem like they'd float pretty well, but just imagine if the whole thing got capsized...

It's a lovely idea in theory, but we'll get excited when we see some one of these in the water.

The company is looking for investors to build the first prototype - which would cost an extravagant US$800,000 - but after that, it hopes to drop the cost to a not-so-terrible US$200,000 for the two-storey house. A small price to pay to wake up to a different view each day.

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With a bunch of these out on the ocean folks could have their own country; wouldn't have to pay taxes for crazy wars, meddlesome bureaucrats. Neat concept shown at link.

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

Sounds tempting. Not only could you fish anytime you wanted, you could go downstairs to see what's on the menu. Mahi, snapper, grouper. The cover that house would provide in open water would attract all kinds of different fish critters.

Obnoxicated  posted on  2016-05-16   13:07:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

Great, but what's it like in a hurricane -- and how to keep out of ships' way?

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NeoconsNailed  posted on  2016-05-16   16:26:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: PS (#0)

I just love Science Alert -- learnt of it right here in 4um IIRC, mevve from Tatarewicz. Noting much stuff from it just now eg these "medically incorrect" gems:

The healthiest weight might actually be 'overweight', massive study finds / Probiotics have no real effect on healthy adults, study finds / A commonly used herbal remedy can cause kidney disease in up to 10 percent of the population

(I trust this will start with exporting all its muds. Beautiful squeakyclean Finland has been cursed by their influx with the rest of Europe.)

Ted Crudz: The Mask of Sincerity

NeoconsNailed  posted on  2016-05-16   21:54:07 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: NeoconsNailed (#2)

what's it like in a hurricane

That's when it becomes an actual flying saucer.

Hemisphere top should make it hard for wind to grab hold of it although I suppose waves would play havoc with it. If it had adequate power might make a submarine dive, guided by an anchored cable in shallow ocean areas.

Tatarewicz  posted on  2016-05-17   4:02:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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