The UK’s new Quantum Compass makes GPS satellites obsolete
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF GPS signals are often unreliable and they don’t reach every part of Earth, such as the deep oceans, this breakthrough replaces GPS everywhere. Over the past year I’ve been increasingly discussing how researchers around the world, from the US to China, have been experimenting...
Triton’s $48million submarine takes the super rich to the bottom of the deepest ocean
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Technology isn’t just democratising mobility above ground, it’s increasingly reducing the cost of exploring the world’s deepest oceans too. There’s a lot of talk recently about conquering space, whether it’s by living on the Moon or Mars, and space tourism, but the fact still...
China shows off its revolutionary silent submarine engine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Submarine engines are noisy, for a hole host of reasons, but China’s latest engine is the quietest in the world and it could revolutionise underwater warfare. In the 1990’s film The Hunt For Red October, by Tom Clancy, Sean Connery plays the role of...
The US and China are developing supersonic submarines
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world’s military powers are pushing the boundaries of speed – underwater. Water is a thousand times more dense than air and as any of you who swim will know this difference in density creates a huge amount of drag. But for submarines the problem is...
