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The Italian company Jet Capsule, known to the world as a manufacturer of yachts, recently introduced an autonomous floating house. Externally the house is very similar to a flying saucer, so called the UFO, which stands for an unidentified floating object (Unidentified Floating Object).




Using a water jet with an electric motor Torqeedo Deep Blue 1800, the house can move on the water at a speed of 3, 5 knots (6.5 km per hour). The electric motor is powered by batteries, which, in turn, get their energy from the solar panels of 40 square meters, placed roof. Additional sources of energy may be optional wind and water turbines to be placed, respectively, on the surface and below the main disc UFO. This provides enough power for the whole house and electric motors.



Water for drinking and household needs of the house is provided by rain water and desalination of sea water. Obtained sufficiently and the volume of water for irrigation of plants on the surface of the disc, which has a diameter of 12 5 m.



Two large hemispheres of the fiberglass form two floors in the interior of the house, and provided an opportunity to change the layout of rooms on the owners request.



The upper hemisphere is transformable kitchen-dining room-living room polschadyu 20 square meters. Because it is a staircase in the submerged lower hemisphere area of ​​10 square meters, which is equipped with a bathroom and a bedroom. The bedroom has a large window through which you can observe the life of the underwater world.



House-island is equipped with a special anchoring system, as well as the orientation of the system, allowing to keep it in position and to ensure unsinkable even in the harsh conditions of the sea.