Science & Technology : Engineering : Naval Engineering

Decavitator Human-Powered Hydrofoil
lancet.mit.edu/decavitator/
It's a boat. It's a plane. It's the Decavitator human-powered hydrofoil that set a world speed record for the fastest human-powered water craft in 1991. Find out about the project and get a glimpse of the machine through this Web site.

The Naval Research Laboratory
www.nrl.navy.mil/home.html
Focusing its efforts on basic research related to the U.S. Navy's environments of sea, sky and space, the Naval Research Laboratory investigates a broad range of scientific disciplines from oceanography and sonar to state-of-the-art communications systems and materials science. Read breakdowns of the Laboratory's research directorates, descriptions of current research or access its numerous public servers.