The Underwater Kites and Wing Waves might sound like obscure bands nabbing rave reviews over atPitchfork, but all hip indie techies know these have nothing to do with fickle music scenes and more to do with generating energy from the ebb and flow of ocean waves.
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Harnessing wave energy may be a packed genre (crowded with chillwavers and new wavers), but the non-musical super group composed of researchers from Boston University and the Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation think you might dig their sound ideas on producing cleaner and cheaper wave energy.
They want to harness energy from waves using a fleet of ships. The fleet would replace expensive transmission cables currently used to transfer electricity from offshore power generators to the mainland could ultimately be done away with. Typically, these cables fetch a salty price -- often more than $500,000 for less than a mile.
Read More: http://news.discovery.com/tech/wave-harvesting-ships-on-horizon-110726.html
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