Is it a shiny water bug?

A hydrofoil boat, the SeaBubble, cruises on the Seine River in Paris, France. (AP)
One of the people who came up with the SeaBubble craft is Anders Bringdal, seen here standing onboard one of his boats. (AP)
A hydrofoil SeaBubble boat rests in the water. (AP)
A man steps into a SeaBubble. The city of Paris is testing out the new way of carrying passengers on the river. (AP)
Fins lift a hydrofoil boat out of the water when it is going fast so that it takes less energy and rides smoothly. (AP)

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The Sea Bubble is a water taxi! Riders tried it on a river in France.

The taxi makes no noise and no waves. It runs on a battery.

People step into it. The doors shut. Four water wings lift the taxi. Whoosh! Away it goes.

READ MORE: This bubble-shaped water taxi zips through Paris along the Seine River. It can hold four passengers at a time. It flies above the water at 20 miles per hour. The Sea Bubble’s foils lift the taxi so that it skims above the water. There is no rocking and no seasickness! The company’s owners hope their little taxis soon will be used in many other busy cities around the world. Psalm 46:4 says, “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God.”