Boat Made of Flip-flops Sails for Cleaner Seas
It was 6pm when an unusual rainbow-colored boat, made of recycled plastic waste and discarded flip-flops gathered from beaches and roadsides, dropped anchor off the beach at Mtwapa, near Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa.The 9-meter-long dhow, "The Flipflopi", was sailing south along East Africa's coast to raise awareness of the threat plastics pose to the oceans, said chief boat-builder and captain Ali Skanda.Beaches and marine ecosystems have been badly affected by plastics, Skanda saidā¦
Scientist Pool Data to Create the $3B Ocean Map
For experts in the field of ocean mapping it is no small irony that we know more about the surfaces of the Moon and Mars than we do about our planet's sea floor."Can you imagine operating on the land without a map, or doing anything without a map?" asked Larry Mayer, director of the U.S.-based Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, a research body that trains hydrographers and develops tools for mapping."We depend on having that knowledge of what's around us - and the same is true for the oceanā¦
Three Persons 3,300-ft Submersible Sold
Brownie's Marine Group, developer, manufacturer & distributor of dive and water safety products, sells a Triton 3300/3 submersible. The denomination 3300/3 refers to the depth rating of 3,300 feet for up to three people. Triton builds competitively superior submersibles uniquely suited to yacht and exploration ship integration. Triton production models are available in two and three person versions; custom, multi-passenger arrangements are also available. Depth ratings of 1,000 foot, 3,300 foot and 36,000 feet complete the offerings to "FOD" / full-ocean-depth.
Dive, Safety Products Company, Files 'Deepwater Horizon' Claim
Brownie's Marine Group, Inc. a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of highly specialized dive and safety products, announce that it had filed a claim against the BP Deepwater Horizon Settlement Fund to recover economic damages it had suffered as a result of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. Robert Carmichael, Chairman and CEO stated, "The BP oil spill had a significant negative economic impact on our business in the Gulf States where we operate. I'm pleased to report that a recovery has started to occur in the affected areas with respect to orders we are seeing for Brownie's products, however, we still see the lingering impact of the spill. Brownie's Marine Group, Inc.
Test Platform for Steam Generation Technology
Brownie's Marine Group, Inc. (OTCBB:BWMG), today announced that on May 25, 2012, the Molecular Impact Energy (MIE) steam generation system produced continuous steam without a conventional boiler apparatus. The MIE system was also successfully attached to a conventional double acting two-cylinder steam engine. Developing the test platform to prove the relative energy efficiency of the Molecular Impact Energy (MIE) invention and the eventual integration for the entire marine industry for which Brownie's has exclusive rights, is a key near-term goal of the Company. Robert Carmichael, Brownie's CEO stated, "The test results in this first phase are extremely encouraging.
