Saturday, April 06, 2019

Oceanix & OceanX

Floating cities could ease the world’s housing crunch, the UN says @ national geographic

OCEANIX and BIG unveil a floating city of the future at the United Nations - Archpaper.com



UN floating city can withstand Category 5 hurricanes - Business Insider

"The city would essentially be a collection of hexagonal platforms that can each hold around 300 residents."

Ray Dalio, James Cameron launch OceanX

"Dalio, who runs the world’s largest hedge fund (Bridgewater Associates manages over $160 billion), is teaming with “Titanic” director and deep-sea documentarian James Cameron on a new project, called OceanX. Ocean X will fund new research and exploration of the oceans along with media, such as documentary films and virtual reality content."

Amazon drone + hot air balloon patent

Amazon hot air balloon Prime Air patent describes stealthy delivery drones - SlashGear

"Drones ... make a lot of noise. Amazon’s strategy is to combine some old-school hot air balloon technology to cut the noise pollution...

unmanned aerial vehicle with inflatable membrane” would have a balloon hidden inside the chassis. That could be inflated using compressed gas, via a tank or chamber also carried on the drone. When the UAV roamed into an area where noise levels needed to be cut – such as the delivery location, Amazon suggests – the balloon could be inflated."