Scaglione reiterates his company's foucs on the future of LC-TV and referrences the new AQUOS 57-inch model with a 5 wave-length backlight, 176 degree viewing angle, 1500:1 contrast ratio, and a 4-millisecond response time.

ENGADGET: Live coverage of the Sharp press event

But nothing actually travels the axon's length except a wave of electrical potential.

ECONOMIST: Andrew Huxley

But according to his calculations, during storms such as Monday's, the wave power potential down the 124 miles (200km) length of the Western Isles could match the output of 120 Torness-sized nuclear power stations.

BBC: Could big waves be big news for the Western Isles?

It was felt along the length of Sumatra but, unlike the one on December 26th, did not trigger a great wave and so devastated only a relatively small area: the islands of Nias and Simeulue and neighbouring islets about 130km (80 miles) off the coast.

ECONOMIST: Another earthquake, but no wave, strikes Sumatra