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Sails have powered boats for millennia - but the type of sails trialled on the Pyxis Ocean are different to those normally seen on wind-powered vessels.

Normally, the Pyxis Ocean will use fuel, but it aims to use far less by letting the wind help out.

The Pyxis Ocean's first journey will be from China to Brazil - and will provide the first test real-world test of the wind-wing technology.

Clients of Jude Vargas, a travel adviser and founder of Pyxis Guides, were worried about the heat on an upcoming family trip to Portugal, but they ended up sticking with it.

They require fingerprint scanning and codes to retrieve medication from a Pyxis machine where cameras are also usually present.