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Scientists Use Hovercraft to Hunt for Arctic Asteroid Impact Site

In spite of the fact that hovercraft are usually used for navigating swamps and shallow waters, a few modifications are, apparently, enough to turn them into potent scientific tools. Researchers Yngve Kristofferson and John Hall are planning to use a modified Griffon Hovercraft 2000TD to analyze a patch of Arctic sea...

13 October 2009
06:38 GMT

You Can Buy a Flying Saucer Right Now: $90,000

Did you grow up with "E.T" and "Star Wars"? Now, the only thing that stays between you and your own flying saucer are $90,000. But unlike in the SF movie, the current flying saucer is just a car-sized hovercraft that won't take you to another planet: it will fly just up to 10 feet (3 m) high. The hovercraft is n...

6 August 2007
02:48 GMT

PSP - SCEA Rolls Out 'Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice' Fact Sheet

Although Sony has to worry about the E3 now, that hasn't stopped them from releasing yet more details on one of its most anticipated PSP titles, Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice, launching this fall. Below, you have a full fact sheet on the upcoming, pulse-pounding driving game, featuring more than 50 criminal cas...

12 July 2007
05:37 GMT

How Does the Hovercraft Work?

The hovercraft (to hover - to remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air; craft - vessel or vehicle) is an amphibious military or civilian vehicle designed to travel over any kind of surface (as long as it's reasonably flat), being supported by a cushion of pressurized air.It may look weird and some o...

1 May 2007
17:06 GMT


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