That’s the vision of North Andover inventor and entrepreneur James Worden, an MIT alumnus who is developing solar-powered boats designed for both recreational and commercial use.

A Finnish builder spent about $20,700 and 200 days creating a lightweight 36-foot plywood solar boat designed around efficiency rather than speed. Earlier in 2026, the vessel traveled more than 3,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KINGSTON, New York — Behind the diesel-powered Rip Van Winkle party boat, across from Mathilda, the decommissioned 19th-century ...

A North Andover inventor who spent four decades building electric cars and solar inverters is now betting his engineering ...

In a secluded part of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, river transport is far more common than road travel. Here, boats glide along the Wichimi River, a wide channel that snakes through the dense foliage, ...

Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...