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  • Monster Machines: The Seaweed-Sucking Truck That Cleans Beaches

    Monster Machines: The Seaweed-Sucking Truck That Cleans Beaches

    Keeping Alicante’s miles of shoreline pristine for the multitudes of beachgoers that congregate to the Mediterranean city every year is no small feat — what with all the seaweed that washes up there. Problem is, the city’s existing seaweed mitigation techniques end up eroding the beaches they’re meant to clean. This automated seaweed collector, however,…