Some can fly over the water on hydrofoils and all are powered by giant wings.

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As part of a push to go faster, teams have worked to master hydrofoils.

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The Chicago team set about creating theirs with a series of different shaped 3D-printed hydrofoils, coated in bubbles, suspended in water.

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Ho now controls all of the casinos and most of the real estate in Macau, as well as the hydrofoils that ferry gamblers the 37 miles from Hong Kong.

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