The contours of the doors seem to follow the silhouette of an ocean wave.
Once more the rewards were as much visual as physical, with beachcombing camels greeting the team as they took their kayaks into the ocean froth for a wave-surfing session that lasted from sunrise to sunset.
That wave crossed the Indian Ocean in only three hours.
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This simulated wave will cross the Indian Ocean in 12 hours to strike the coast of South Africa.
With a knack for signing young artists and locking them up cheaply, the pair worked with acts from Caribbean crooner Billy Ocean to rockers Def Leppard to new wave acts like the Cars to Whodini, one of the first big rap groups.
This Ocean forecasting system could generate crucial forecast information, such as ocean circulation, sea surface temperature, wave height, to serve the needs of a variety of human activities related to marine hazards mitigation, oil and gas exploration, fisheries, navigation, marine parks management and coastal recreational activities.
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And when companies finally began deploying their first wave energy generators in Europe, punishing ocean conditions took their toll as some devices broke down or failed to perform as expected.
In McKinleyville, California, a wave swept three men into the Pacific Ocean as they were reportedly trying to take photos of the incoming tsunami waves, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Wave Glider is the first autonomous device to turn ocean waves into energy: a robot for the sea.
Off the coast of Oregon, Ocean Power Technologies has received approval to begin work on the first commercial wave farm in the US. The project is expected to produce enough clean energy to power more than 1, 000 homes.
Saltwater crocodiles enjoy catching a wave and can travel hundreds of kilometres by "surfing" on ocean currents, a study suggests.
But the only way to be sure whether a dangerous wave is headed towards a distant coastline is to track it across the open ocean.
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Wave and tidal power companies have been flummoxed by the challenges of building on the ocean.
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The argument that cyberspace is somehow different because it is man made forgets that it is built upon natural wave forms, human emotions, electrons, protons, and neutrons just like the ocean, land, and air.
Now companies pursuing wave and tidal energy, both of which require the installment of buoys and turbines in the ocean, are working to head off any concerns about the impact of such equipment on marine ecosystems.
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