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...perhaps a virtual fence underwater? British defence firm QinetiQ has adapted its military underwater sonar system, Cerberus, into the private yacht market. It creates an underwater acoustic perimeter around a vessel that triggers an alert when broken. It "would identify an underwater swimmer, scuba diver or vehicle coming in under the water," said a company spokesman...
...guard officials or harbor police. To ferret out the fakers, ships could send robot snoops like the Sentry, a jet ski-sized remote-controlled scout also developed by QinetiQ. For those who want to send out a stronger deterrent message, there's the "Protector," a 30-foot unmanned surface vessel developed by BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and an Israeli defence firm. In its military configuration, the Protector is equipped with a 7.62mm remote-controlled machine gun, enough to give most pirates pause. It could be used for commercial protection to investigate and intercept boats up to 10 miles away...
...Cotton Candy At Seattle's Vessel, Jaime Boudreau combines orange-infused candy floss and spirits for a new twist on the old-fashioned...
With his regal posture, searing blue eyes, perfect jawline and a baritone voice bred for noble declarations, Heston was the ideal vessel for Hollywood grandeur. In the 1950s and 60s, the era of the movie epic - those three-hour extravaganzas with a cast of thousands and the passionate enunciation of high ideals - he was the epic hero; it's almost impossible to imagine the genre without him. To any of these films he added millions in revenue, plenty of muscle and 10 I.Q. points...
Last weekend, Sea Shepherd was again in the news, the Canadian Coast Guard alleging that the Farley Mowat had “grazed” one of its icebreakers. Watson is adamant that the Coast Guard actually rammed his vessel, and says he has videotape evidence to support the claim. Either way, the incident had the desired effect of putting Sea Shepherd back in the news. In some sense, that is a victory for violence over reason. But it may also represent the best hope for Canada’s seals...