Wave dragon “is a pioneering large scale ocean energy solution for bulk electricity generation.” “The Wave Dragon overtopping device elevates ocean waves to a reservoir above sea level where water is let out through a number of turbines and in this way transformed into electricity.”
Watch the promotional video below.
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An interesting article about perception and performance. “Contrary to conventional wisdom, a study suggests that people at the bottom of the workplace totem pole don’t end up there for lack of ability, but rather that being low and powerless in a hierarchy leads to more mistakes.”
“To zero in on the most happening young ventures, Business Today spoke to venture capitalists, executives, and industry watchers. From a long list of names, we finally picked 10 that stood out for the uniqueness of their businesses or rapid growth. Finally, we also bring you an update on our last year’s list of hottest start-ups.” – BusinessToday (via Hacker News)
Tomato is an open source firmware for routers that does a multitude of things — from Wi-Fi signal boosting to Quality of Service bandwidth allocation—in addition to offering a simplified interface chock-full of fancy charts and graphs.
Turn Your $60 Router into a User-Friendly Super-Router with Tomato
Top500.org generates lists of world’s supercomputers based on various user defined metrics. For example here is a list of the supercomputers ranked by the processing speed (most number of operations per second) which is toped by IBM’s BlueGene/L at 478 TeraFlops (trillion operations per second).
Adobe announced today that they are opening the SWF and FLV formats via the Open Screen Project. (via slashdot)
A slightly lengthy but super-interesting read about the birth of SuperMemo, a software that will help you remember things. It exploits the spacing effect to decide which information to remind you of and when.
Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to this algorithm
“Tracksticks are small GPS location recorders capable of continuously logging their own location histories for extended periods of time. These detailed recordings include time, date, location, speed, heading and altitude. Built-in flash memory and long battery life allows for the storage of months of travel information.”
Plug it in the USB drive and overlay your moves on Google maps or other supported mapping services. Perfect backpacking companion.
In their own words: “Generate database and reporting applications for .NET in minutes. Quickly create visually stunning, feature-rich Web 2.0 applications that are easy to customize and ready to deploy. If you need an app built today, use Iron Speed Designer”
“Visa Inc., the largest payment-card network, set a record for U.S. initial public offerings today by raising $17.9 billion, more than expected… It values the entire company at $42.5 billion.”
“The IPO eclipses AT&T Wireless Group’s $10.6 billion stock offering in 2000 and ranks second in the world after the $22 billion debut in 2006 of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.” – Bloomberg
Visa Raises $17.9 Billion in Record-Setting U.S. IPO
Update: Visa sold additional $1.8 billion worth of IPO shares bringing the total tally to $19.7 billion. (Source)