Lucas Dobson, six, died while on a fishing trip A six-year-old boy died on a family fishing trip after falling into a fast-flowing river as he tried to jump from a pontoon onto a boat, an inquest has heard. An idyllic August summer day spent fishing, playing and eating sausages on the bank of the River … Read more
Researchers in Norway test how comfortable salmon in a commercial fish farm being monitored by underwater robots instead of human divers A team of scientists in Norway observed 188,000 salmon in a sea cage fish farm They sent a smaller and larger robot into the water to observe the salmon The fish appeared to be … Read more
Is this the end of submarines? Royal Navy is developing a 100ft underwater drone that no enemy can detect World’s largest underwater drone is being developed by the Royal Navy The revolutionary vessel will be piloted remotely from a submarine or ship Its stealth capability is based on its use of batteries rather than a nuclear … Read more
Bored with standard holiday rentals? Blasé about top-end hotels, or Premier Inns and Travelodges? Never fear — websites are overflowing with madcap options, from sleeping in a former Soviet prison to a suite in a crane in Amsterdam, and a hut in the Arctic. Here are ten of the wackiest… Bed down on an Arctic … Read more
New class of ‘extra-large’ Manta Ray underwater drones will be built by Lockheed Martin after Pentagon awards the firm $12.3 million Lockheed Martin has been chosen by DARPA to start its Manta Ray program The firm received a $12.3 million contract to start the first phase of the program It will have long distance and range … Read more