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...Wave Inventor: Mark Itnyre and Peter Mehiel Availability: Now, $850 to $1,200 To Learn More: hydroepic.com After decades of riding waves on boards made of foam and fiberglass, surfers have a high-tech alternative. Hydro Epic boards are hollow on the inside but have an extra-sturdy shell made of a carbon fiber-Kevlar composite and a thin aluminum honeycomb. To keep the air in the board from expanding and contracting in extreme heat or at high altitudes, there is a small vent at one end that lets air pass through while keeping water out. The radical design makes...
...Mahalingam alerted his chief officer, and turned the ship to starboard. But before he could issue a distress signal, three fiberglass speedboats with powerful outboard motors had pulled alongside the Semlow, a 58-m cargo boat often chartered by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) to ship aid to Africa's neediest. The pirates hooked a small metal ladder to the ship and scrambled aboard. "There were 15 to 20 men wearing shorts and T shirts," remembers Mahalingam. The boarders were barefoot but carrying pistols, AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. The pirates rushed to the bridge where, in halting...
...another local institution gutsy enough to take on Ed Kienholz's sex-and-violence-splattered junkshop assemblages, as the MCA will do in December.) Wandering around its modest new permanent collection space, one senses a cultural flowering just as important as any glassy cathedral to contemporary art. Here the fiberglass manta ray and skater-boy video of former "Primavera" artists James Angus and Shaun Gladwell sit happily alongside such contemporary jewels as Jean Tinguely's kinetic sculpture and bark painter John Mawurndjul's rainbow serpent. Here, and across Australasia, spring has sprung...
...government has promised to make primary education free from 2006 - is proving to be difficult. Much of the fish he and his brothers take to market near their home in east Honiara's Vaivila remains unsold or fetches a poor price; plans to replace their wooden boats with fiberglass ones or expand the business into wholesaling are on ice. Loea used to work as a supervisor at the Gold Ridge gold mine, which closed down in 2000. One of ramsi's economic priorities is to revive the lucrative mine; another dormant project, a palm oil plantation, is closer to reality...
...position the feathers for slicing. Finally, a giant contraption with three vacuumized tubes separates the quills from tiny bits of now pristine feather fluff. Here's where it gets interesting: this airy fiber, it turns out, is remarkably strong. It's as sturdy as nylon, 60% lighter than fiberglass and can be used to make everything from auto parts and medical devices to dollar bills and termite-proof building materials. A few weeks ago, a leading tiremaker joined a gaggle of FORTUNE 500 companies that have expressed interest in using the material after Emery, 62, scales up production...