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Related to material in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a wonderful book. Written in the late 19th century, this book evokes a great love for the physical sciences on every page. At the time the book was written, all of the technologies and the devices in the book were brand-new. It is also a great adventure story. The story is told by Prof. Aronnax, who agrees to investigate a series of attacks on shipping vessels in the Atlantic Ocean. They find the sea monster that everyone thinks is responsible, but the sea monster turns out to be a submarine.

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Water Taxi Himiko and the Nautilus: Separated at Birth?
   Anime artist Leiji Matsumoto designed a 114-ton Japanese water taxi to "appeal to the younger generation."

Functional Replica Captain Nemo Diving Suit
   Pat Regan has created a fully functional replica of Captain Nemo's diving suit from the Disney movie version of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - the Nemosuit.

Inertial Capacitive Incapacitor: HomeSec Does Verne
   With Homeland Security, Physical Optics Corporation is taking a page from nineteenth century science fiction writer Jules Verne.

Piezer - Homeland Security Orders Verne's 1875 'Leyden Ball'
   DARPA is looking for an untethered electro-muscular disruption non-lethal stun weapon.

Lynntech Non-Lethal Weapon - Jules Verne Right Again
   Under DARPA's auspices, Lynntech of College Station, Texas, is developing a non-lethal projectile with a longer range than a Taser.

Vast Ocean Glow Confirms Jules Verne Novel
   A luminescent area the size of the state of Connecticut was seen by satellite this past week - just like in 20K Leagues Under the Sea.

Long Range Stunners - Again
   Another long range stun weapon - actually, Jules Verne had this one first.

TASER XREP Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation
   This little device comes just 132 years after it was first conceptualized by Jules Verne.

Jelly-Fish 45 Habitat: Captain Nemo Wants One
   This would be a great vacation home; maybe you could rent?

Volitan Solar 'Sail' Yacht
   The Volitan looks good in this conceptual video; I like the idea of a boat powered by sun and sail only.

Electric Warship - Navy's Nautilus
   This interesting concept under development does have an interesting sf predecessor.

Undersea Mining With Nautilus Minerals Seafloor Production System
   Nautilus Minerals is developing the first seafloor gold and copper exploration and mining operation.

CAV-X Supercavitating Ammo Deadly Underwater
   '...in the midst of this fluid, which is very dense compared with the atmosphere, shots could not go far.' - Jules Verne, 1875.

SPECTER Electroshock Round Fireable From Shotgun
   '...the balls sent by this gun are not ordinary balls, but little cases of glass.' - Jules Verne, 1875.

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