Future Now
Concept yachts usually dwell in the land of make believe, where designers dream up futuristic fantasy craft with bells and whistles that are not yet capable of being developed (or making Elon Musk blush). Then there’s Futura, a 216-foot, fossil-fuel-free innovation from the Dutch design firm Vripack.
The superyacht offers its share of will likely never be built, but two interesting pieces of its onboard equipment will almost surely play a role in future applications: an electricity-generating kite system and a bio-battery, which uses all-natural materials including sand, salt and water to store energy.
