Boat

You Can Uber a Yacht for 1,600 Euros This Summer

You can also book a water limo or a boat.

Tech News Dua Rashid Jul 9

Universal’s Doing Its Monsters the Right Way

Abigail continues the studio's decision to give filmmakers carte blanche to do whatever they want with their classic monsters.

Movies Justin Carter Jan 13

Boats, Ranked

A careful review of the pros and cons of various watercraft.

Tech News Whitney Kimball Oct 1

Travis Kalanick Loses His Mother in a Tragic Boating Accident

On Friday, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s mother, Bonnie Kalanick, was killed in a boating accident at Pine Flat Lake in California. His father, Donald Kalanick was also involved in the accident and was reportedly taken to a local hospital in “serious condition.” The New York Times’ Mike Issac was the first to report the news…

Tech News Rhett Jones May 27

I wish I could spend summer in the Mediterranean driving this beauty

Italian designer Pietro Russomanno‘s Raceline is the 26-foot-long daughter of a classic Riva boat— one of my favorite vehicle designs—and a classic sports car. If I had to spend a summer in the Mediterranean riviera, this is the vehicle I’d like to have to move from coast town to coast town to eat seafood and…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jul 23

Cool point of view video shows how it looks to climb a huge ship mast

This point of view video shows what it is like to climb to the top of the main mast of the Charles W. Morgan—the world’s oldest surviving merchant vessel, built in the 19th century. When I watched this a cascade of images from old pirate movies came into my mind. SPLOID is a new blog…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Jul 17

US Army helicopter drops an entire boat full of Navy Seals in the sea

Here’s a US Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopterdropping a US Navy boat into the sea while a guy—apparently Navy SEAL—is descending into the boat from the chopper. A reader gave a description in the comments: From a distance, it looks like a SWCC crew being dropped (I believe there would be a ladder hanging in…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 5

This Portable, Inflatable Furniture Is Inspired By a Rubber Dinghy

This furniture, dreamt up by German designer Philipp Beisheim, is inspired by inflatable rubber dinghies—which means you can take it anywhere. There’s a side table which has a wooden top supported by an inflatable base, and a stool which is made up from a blow-up seat resting on wooden legs. The inflatable parts are made…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Aug 1

This century-old abandoned ship now hosts a floating forest

Sydney’s Homebush Bay is home to many a broken and forgotten ship, but at least one of those derelict boats still houses a bit of life. The SS Ayrfield, long decommissioned, has a mangrove forest growing from its corpse. Originally launched as the SS Corrimal, the Ayrfield was built in the UK in 1911 and…

io9 Lauren Davis May 18

Leap Motion Hack Lets You Drive a Boat With a Wave of Your Hand

The Leap Motion hacks just keep coming. The motion-controlled gadget still hasn’t hit our shelves, but eager engineers are already hooking their developer kits up to all the electronics they own. Electrical engineer Bryan Brown has created a hack that lets you control a model boat just a like a child flying an imaginary airplane…

Tech News Hal Hodson - New Sceintist Apr 12

This Fish Sailed From Japan to Washington on an Unmanned Tsunami Boat

On an epic two-year journey across the Pacific, a bait box in a Japanese boat turned into an aquarium when five striped beakfish made it their home. The 6-metre fibreglass boat probably started off from Japan when the tsunami hit in March 2011. For some time, debris disloged by the giant wave has been turning…

Tech News Sandhya Sekar - New Scientist Apr 10

US Coasts Could Be Guarded by Unmanned Piranha Drone Boats

UAV’s are old hat nowadays—they’ve been overhead for nearly a decade. The next frontier in unmanned vehicles isn’t in the air. It’s on the waves. The Piranha Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) could revolutionize ocean-based military operations drones have done for the skies. The Piranha USV prototype, developed by Zyvex Marine, is a 54-foot long drone…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 11

Neanderthals were sailing the Mediterranean 100,000 years ago

Humans likely first took to the seas about 50,000 years ago. But there’s mounting evidence that our Neanderthal cousins were routinely sailing throughout the Mediterranean twice as long ago. Alternatively, they were just really good at long distance swimming. We can’t know what sorts of boats Neanderthals might have used. Presumably, they were made out…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 29

Coast Guard Intercepts Cocaine Submarine as It Sinks

Drug-smuggling, homemade submarines are nothing new—what a world we live in. And it shouldn’t be any surprised that a bunch of coke-addled amateur engineers aren’t able to put together the most seaworthy vessel. But here’s one sinking mid-capture. DefenseTech brings us this aerial footage (likely from a P-3 Orion sub seeker) of a hurried, last-minute…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 2

A Canoe That Can Fit Inside a Backpack

Ori Levin designed a full sized canoe that’s completely collapsable and can be stored in a bag that’s only 5 x 9 x 28 inches big. Basically, you can have a boat in your backpack. Called the Adhoc Canoe, it only weighs 9 pounds and takes 5 minutes to assemble. The frame of the canoe…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 28

Take a Stunning Five Day Cruise in Just Five Minutes

It takes the Norwegian Coastal Express 134 hours to get from Bergen to Kirkenes, a journey that’s filled with lush islands, plush sunrises, and hushed twilights. With this remarkable time-lapse video, it’ll take you five minutes. The shot is the (extremely) compressed version of a marathon live broadcast by Norwegian Public Service broadcaster NRK. It’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 12

Johan’s Ark Prepares For Its Maiden Voyage

Dutchman Johan Huibers decided to build an ark. Not a Lego or popsicle stick model, but a real-life replica of Noah’s Ark built to scale. He began his work in 2008 and recently finished this $1 million project. The wooden ship is immense. It weighs 3,000 tons, is 450 feet long and holds 1,500 passengers.…

Tech News Kelly Jun 29

Japan’s Beached Ships Cost $1M To Return To Sea

How do you return a 400-tonne ship to Japan’s waters, after it washed ashore in March’s brutal tsunami? Using giant cranes that hoist it 30ft above the ground, lowering it onto a massive 192-tyre trolley normally reserved for trains. It’s a process that’s expected to take 2 – 3 days per ship, and cost $1…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 20

China Prepares Its First Aircraft Carrier

China is strutting its stuff and showing off the latest addition to it military — an old Soviet-era aircraft carrier. The Admiral Kuznetsov-class Varyag is one of two ships that were built in the early 80s. China bought the unfinished carrier from the Ukraine and initially claimed the boat was going to be an offshore…

Tech News Kelly Jun 8

Gadhafi Now Using Exploding Boats and Mannequins

Moammar Gadhafi is now filling boats with one ton of explosives and sending them out to sea with a crew manned by dummies. In Gadhafi’s latest military strategy, these pilotless boats drift until they find a NATO target to destroy. It all started Monday morning when NATO ships and helicopters patrolling the waters off Libya…

Tech News Kelly May 17

Boat

You Can Uber a Yacht for 1,600 Euros This Summer

Universal’s Doing Its Monsters the Right Way

Boats, Ranked

Travis Kalanick Loses His Mother in a Tragic Boating Accident

I wish I could spend summer in the Mediterranean driving this beauty

Cool point of view video shows how it looks to climb a huge ship mast

US Army helicopter drops an entire boat full of Navy Seals in the sea

This Portable, Inflatable Furniture Is Inspired By a Rubber Dinghy

This century-old abandoned ship now hosts a floating forest

Leap Motion Hack Lets You Drive a Boat With a Wave of Your Hand

This Fish Sailed From Japan to Washington on an Unmanned Tsunami Boat

US Coasts Could Be Guarded by Unmanned Piranha Drone Boats

Neanderthals were sailing the Mediterranean 100,000 years ago

Coast Guard Intercepts Cocaine Submarine as It Sinks

A Canoe That Can Fit Inside a Backpack

Take a Stunning Five Day Cruise in Just Five Minutes

Johan’s Ark Prepares For Its Maiden Voyage

Japan’s Beached Ships Cost $1M To Return To Sea

China Prepares Its First Aircraft Carrier

Gadhafi Now Using Exploding Boats and Mannequins

Artemis 2 Day 6: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

Anonymous Sources Detail Sam Altman’s Alleged Untrustworthiness in New Report

Steven Spielberg Still Wants to Make a Horror Film ‘Someday’

Waymo Has Stopped Testing Its Robotaxis in New York City and No One Knows What Happens Next

Samsung Pushes Monitor Deals Further, the 34″ ViewFinity Hits a Record Low at Nearly 40% Off

The Best Anti-Meta Smart Glasses Are About to Have Tough Competition

The Artemis 2 Mission Is Leaning in on the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Love

Here’s How Many Americans Have Ever Thought About Shooting Someone Else

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Let us help find what you are looking for...