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We start off the year with a look at four brand new gadgets and gizmos from CES 2023! Then in Dick’s Gadget Warehouse spot, we’ll look at a ‘brand new’ gadget we saw at CES 2016 and see if it ever made it into the marketplace and managed to stay around for the seven years up to now! Chad and our producer Josh braved the 115,000 crush of people and found a dozen gadgets you probably never heard about before, so we’ll do four a week this week and for the next two weeks!
Hydrofoils are nothing new, but this is claimed to be the world’s first totally electric hydrofoil! It’s the Candela C-8 with a fully retractable C-FOIL system. This sleek electric computer controlled hydrofoil is 28 feet long and can accommodate 8 people. The top speed is 30 knots, and it has a range of about 57 miles at 20 knots. The hydrofoil system reduces water friction by 80%. So you fly above the surface of waves with no bouncing or rolling and no engine noise or harmful emissions. It’s a100% carbon fiber hull which reduces the overweight. In shallow mode, the foils and Candela C-POD are protected by the hull. In extreme weather conditions that prevent foiling, it can be driven as a conventional boat, but that of course will mean a reduced range. There are several consumer versions with many options. The base price starts at $390,000.
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L9nmonTITGULLQyY4ZRxC7Co4FOA-h60/view?usp=share_link
https://candela.com/candela-c-8/
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