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Monster Machines: This Power Plant Will Tap The Ocean For Endless Power
It’s not the motion of the ocean that matters to Lockheed’s Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant, only the temperature of the water. Lockheed Martin announced yesterday that it is partnering with Beijing-based Reignwood Group to construct a 10MW green power plant that leverages the difference bewteen sun-warmed surface water and icy water from deep below to power a planned low-carbon real estate development on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. It will be the largest commercial OTEC plant ever constructed when it’s finished in 2017.
What Cthulhu Saw: Scientists Mount Camera To Big Squid To Watch It Flash
Sure, slapping a GoPro to one’s self before performing an act of extreme… extremeness is definitely cool. But I’d like to raise the ante: how about we strap a camera to a huge squid instead so we can see what cephalopodan acts it gets up to beneath the waves?
The Ocean Is Safe From Swarms Of Man-Sized Robo-Jellyfish — For Now
While there’s still a debate over whether the world’s real jellyfish population is exploding or not, a team at Virginia Tech is working hard to supplement the prehistoric blobs’ numbers with robotic monsters of their own. Huzzah?
Monster Machines: DSVs Reveal The Flora And Fauna Of Hawaii’s Seas
The world’s oceans cover two-thirds of our planet but we’ve only explored about 10 per cent of its depths. Alvin can only do so much, so the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has relied on a twin pair of Deep Sea Vehicles (DSV) to explore the waters around Hawaii for over a decade and what they’ve found has already changed history.
Underwater Wheelchair Rides Should Be Real
Would it ever really make sense to build wheelchairs that can cruise around underwater? Maybe not. But when it’s an art project, watching a wheelchair power around in the sea is surreal and oddly mesmerising.
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