- Brews up - old beer found in shipwreck...By Peter PettersonFirst published at Qondio:Finnish scientists are in the process of analysing a golden, cloudy beverage which was found in a 19th century shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. They hope new beers can be modeled on the very well-aged brew.
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland said recently that through chemical analysis it aims to determine the ingredients and possibly the recipe used in brewing what is called one of the world's oldest preserved beer.A VTT scientist, Arli Vilpola reportedly said he had the 'honourable task' of becoming the chosen one on the research team to sample the brew. He said it was a little sour and had a slightly salty taste.Divers stumbled onto bottles of the brew while salvaging champagne from Finland's Aland Islands, last July, 2010. The wrecked schooner is believed to be an early 19th century vessel.Scientists are also keen to establish what sort of yeast was used, but are unsure if yeast can actually survive two centuries in a cold seabed at a depth of 50 metres.Divers had recovered 168 bottles of Veuve Clicquot, and the now defunct Juglar champagne brands, when they came across the well-aged brew now being analysed. Research continues.
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Intellighent clothing could stop boats when fishermen faal overboard...
Image via Wikipedia WEARABLE ELECTRONICS 'Intelligent clothing' could stop boats when fishermen fall overboard Hilde Faerevik (left) and the SINTEF Safe@Sea team
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The three-year, 4 million Euro (approx. US$5,225,000) Safe@Sea project is being coordinated by Norway’s SINTEF research group, with Norwegian textile manufacturer Helly Hansen Pro as project manager. Other groups taking part in the project come from Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Italy and the UK.
European fishermen have already expressed their needs to Safe@Sea, and the group is now working on addressing them. One of the most noteworthy features of the workwear is a proposed built-in wireless “dead man’s handle.” This will detect when its wearer has fallen overboard, and automatically kill the boat’s engine and activate a locator beacon – an essential feature for fishermen who work alone. Such devices are already available, although they have to be manually attached to clothing, so they could be forgotten or just not used.
Once in the water, the clothing could double as a flotation device. This could either be through solid slabs of buoyant materials, or via “lungs” that automatically inflate when immersed.
Of course, it will all count for nothing if nobody wants to wear the stuff. To that end, the researchers are also working on making it impervious to staining from fish blood and guts, while at the same time trying to keep it soft and breathable. They are also looking into the possibility of self-repairing material that glues up small rips in itself, to make sure it remains watertight.
At this point it’s hard to say how much of the proposed technology will make it into the final product, but the research itself is still valuable. “If we don’t manage to develop such textiles in the course of this three-year project, we can at least hope to create a basis for other materials that will be of value in the future,” said SINTEF’s project coordinator Hilde Færevik.
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