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The French yellow submarine: Engineers build James Bond-style scuba sub that runs on pedal power

By Maldivian on | From uwillreadnews.blogspot.com
A team of engineers plan to venture where no man has gone before after unveiling a pedal-boat submarine on the French Riviera. Nicknamed 'the Scubster', the 3.5 metre-long one-man yellow submarine has echoes of the fancy gadgets from fictional spy James Bond. Powered by twin propellers connected to a pedal belt, the mini-sub can reach speeds of 8km an hour (5mph) if its pilot is in good shape, and can reach depths of 6 metres (20 ft). The 3.5 meter-long one-man submarine is powered by twin...Read Full Story

Pedal-Powered Scubster Submarine Takes Its First Dive

By sripengantin on | From incredibleworld.net
Few months ago a Russian company called Marine Inovative Tehcnologies has developed and patented a design of pedal powered submarine. The submarine could transport two persons and could dive about 30 meters in depth. However, it was pretty expensive solution and there had to be two persons in it to provide enough power for diving. Scubster submarine which is designed by Stephane Rousson is pedal-powered submarine and here you can see some photos from its testing which has been done on...Read Full Story

French engineers test pedal-boat submarine

| From reuters.com
SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRA, France (Reuters Life!) - A team of engineers plan to venture where no man has gone before after unveiling a pedal-boat submarine on the French Riviera. Nicknamed "the Scubster", the 3.5 meter-long one-man yellow submarine has echoes of the fancy gadgets from fictional spy James Bond. Powered by twin propellers connected to a pedal belt, the mini-sub can reach speeds of 8 km an hour (5 mph) if its pilot is in good shape, and can reach depths of 6 meters (20 ft). "I've...Read Full Story

Stephane Rousson Probably Has a Sweet Commute

By Alicia on
A member of the public (R) helps Balloonist Stephane Rousson prepare his pedal powered airship for launch on September 28, 2008 in Hythe, England. Amateur pilot Rousson failed in an earlier attempt to make the 34-mile (55km) journey across the English Chanel in a pedal powered airship. His journey over one of the world's busiest shipping lanes could take up to eight hours. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Europe) Frenchman Stephane Rousson attempted to pedal his way across the...Read Full Story

Frenchman Fails to Pedal Across English Channel

By wolfb on | From weirdnews.about.com
The unfavorable winds on Wall Street seem to blow all the way to Western Europe, where French adventure Stephane Rousson had the bright idea of attempting to float across the 34-mile English Channel in a pedal-powered balloon. You'd think the disappearance and presumed death of Steve Fossett would have put an end to loony ballooning. But Rousson says he was inspired by Stephen Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial . Rousson, 39, and his helium-filled mini Zeppelin set off Sunday at 8 a...Read Full Story
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