Sentences with phrase «wave power devices»

It enables contractors to test arrays of wave power devices at deep - water locations and already has one company signed up to plug into the hub.

Last month, Aquamarine Power finished the construction of its second full - scale wave power device, the Oyster 800.

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With the collected power of millions of these devices working in tandem, the hackers sent wave after wave of web request to Internet service company Dyn.

The Los Angeles - based company has developed technology that transmits ultrasonic waves (at a register well beyond what's audible) that are translated by devices as a microscopic quiver; this vibration is converted back into an electrical charge to power anything with a battery, no wires or wall plugs required.

Soundpays, a mobile wallet powered by sound waves, enables you to make instant purchases on your mobile device while browsing in - store, shopping online, viewing an infomercial, or even listening to the radio.

Researchers also had to build in a system to pull energy from incoming radio frequency waves to power the device enough to collect and transmit one glucose reading per second.

When it comes to wave power, we have extraordinary potential, but also a large risk in that it is very difficult to develop and test devices to use out at sea in necessarily difficult conditions.

Currently the maximum power that could be produced by each device is four or five MW, but it will be possible, over time, to expand capacity so that the wave hub could feed no less than 50 MW into the national grid.

Funding efficiency Nevertheless, another $ 100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (better known as the stimulus) was made available on March 2, to be awarded via ARPA — E to the best proposals for new grid - scale storage devices, better power converters and more efficient air conditioners, such as the ones being developed by the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) that rely on sound waves rather than mechanical pistons to drive compressors.

During a multiyear project funded by the Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office, engineers from Sandia's Water Power program are using a combination of modeling and experimental testing to refine how a wave energy converter moves and responds in the ocean to capture wave energy while also considering how to improve the resiliency of the device in a harsh ocean environment.

The Oyster 800, the newest wave energy device developed by UK - based Aquamarine Power, produces 250 per cent more energy than its predecessor.

Three red snakelike devices bobbing in the waves three miles (4.8 kilometers) off the coast of Agucadoura, Portugal, represent the first swell of what developers hope will be a rising tide of wave power projects.

Either way, far - field electromagnetic waves have been ignored as a potential wireless power source for medical devices.

In principle, this approach could also be applied to wave generators or wind - power devices.

Edinburgh - based Pelamis Wave Power, Ltd., (PWP) has since September been working with asset management firm Babcock & Brown, energy provider Energias de Portugal, and Efacec (a Portugese maker of electromechanical devices) on the Agucadoura project, which has three red Pelamis wave energy converts bobbing in the waves three miles (4.8 kilometers) off Portugal's coast.

It has many sources, including the sun, electronic devices such as microwaves and cellphones, visible light, X-rays, gamma waves, cosmic waves, and nuclear fission, which is what produces power in nuclear reactors.

SHIPS that harvest energy from the waves and store it in batteries could one day generate electricity from the world's oceans more cheaply than today's wave - power devices.

This hugely energetic pulsed power device creates a uniform, very fast magnetic pressure wave that compresses the plutonium sample, causing its phase to change, essentially reordering its atomic structure.

What if one day, your computer, TV or smart phone could process data with light waves instead of an electrical current, making those devices faster, cheaper and more sustainable through less heat and power consumption?

AT&T's first LTE based device and its first 4G LTE enabled Android powered tablet, the HTC Jetstream is now available to purchase on the AT&T air waves for a whopping price tag of $ 699.99 on contract.

Unlike a GPS device, a cat microchip doesn't require power, and it is activated by an animal shelter or veterinarian waving an RFID scanner across a cat's body where the microchip is embedded.

Unlike a GPS device, a dog microchip doesn't require power, and it is easily identified by an animal shelter or veterinarian waving an RFID scanner across a dog's body where the microchip is embedded.

This effect is best accomplished by using power heads connected to a device called a wave - maker.

Like the other games in CHAMProgramming's series of arcade remakes, it is remarkable for closely emulating the original, the smooth gameplay and two game modes, the original «Classic» and the enhanced «Champ» mode.The «Classic» mode plays and feels like the arcade machine, with very similar graphics, sound and gameplay: You play a spaceship, moving horizontally at the bottom of the screen, and shooting up at a bunch of Space Invaders - like aliens, which attack you in waves becoming harder and harder with the game.The «Champ» mode is an upgraded version of the classic game with new enemy types — requiring more than one hit to destroy, or equipped with a cloaking device making them nearly invisible — and a variety of power - ups for the player, with create an entertaining variant of the original game.Finally, the game features a variety of options — one or two player modes, three difficulty settings, adjustable game speed, input by keyboard, mouse or joystick (Champ even released a «Champ cable» that allowed you to play the game with digital joysticks), and a high score table to round it all off.

Radio waves are actually just a high frequency type of alternating current (AC), which is the type of electricity in our power grids, but devices need DC power to operate.

VentureBeat notes that the company's design is an innovation on a traditional wave power structure that uses the pressure of the waves to keep the device floating above the water.

Later on NHPC expanded its objects to include development of power in all its aspects through conventional and non-conventional sources in India and / of a wave trap is to confine the high frequency current to the outgoing power line and to block Them from the impedance represented by the station equipments like Surge arresters: Surge arrester is a protective device for limiting surge /

But meeting the world's total energy demands in 2030 with renewable energy alone would take an estimated 3.8 million wind turbines (each with twice the capacity of today's largest machines), 720,000 wave devices, 5,350 geothermal plants, 900 hydroelectric plants, 490,000 tidal turbines, 1.7 billion rooftop photovoltaic systems, 40,000 solar photovoltaic plants, and 49,000 concentrated solar power systems.

... 328,000 new onshore 5 MW wind turbines (providing 30.9 % of U.S. energy for all purposes), 156,200 off - shore 5 MW wind turbines (19.1 %), 46,480 50 MW new utility - scale solar - PV power plants (30.7 %), 2,273 100 MW utility - scale CSP power plants (7.3 %), 75.2 million 5 kW residential rooftop PV systems (3.98 %), 2.75 million 100 kW commercial / government rooftop systems (3.2 %), 208 100 MW geothermal plants (1.23 %), 36,050 0.75 MW wave devices (0.37 %), 8,800 1 MW tidal turbines (0.14 %), and 3 new hydroelectric power plants (all in Alaska).

PNNL researchers are examining whether a variety of fish and invertebrates change their behavior during and after exposure to an electromagnetic field similar to those produced by marine and hydrokinetic power devices that capture energy from ocean waves, tides, currents and rivers.

No electricity is generated or needed, no membranes need to be cleaned or replaced, the device simply sucks water vapor from the seawater, condenses it, and then uses the power of the waves to pump it back to shore via it's tube - like tethers.

«Even the disturbances in the form of sound waves such as pressure waves in gases, liquids and solids may be harvested for powering nano - and micro devices of the future if these materials are processed and manufactured appropriately for this purpose,» Cagin said.

We estimate that ∼ 3,800,000 5 MW wind turbines, ∼ 49,000 300 MW concentrated solar plants, ∼ 40,000 300 MW solar PV power plants, ∼ 1.7 billion 3 kW rooftop PV systems, ∼ 5350 100 MW geothermal power plants, ∼ 270 new 1300 MW hydroelectric power plants, ∼ 720,000 0.75 MW wave devices, and ∼ 490,000 1 MW tidal turbines can power a 2030 WWS world that uses electricity and electrolytic hydrogen for all purposes.

From the usually crowded home area network booths like Zigbee and Control4 that feature devices to turn houses into smart homes, to the new wave of innovation for homes that can act as their own power supplies, the theme of managing our own energy use was high up on the priority list.

Not too long ago, Mat posted about the Searaser wave power generator — a device that uses the power of sea swells to pump water uphill and generate electricity on land.

Finally, Danish company Floating Power Plant is developing a 10 MW commercial version of their Poseidan prototype hybrid wave / wind device.

Have just began a wave power project — R&D of a device known as Searaser.

Cooking with the internet of things and the coming wave of dumb «smart» devices Another take on wireless power and the cool IoT stuff at SXSW Will the smartphone eat the fitness tracker market?

Scientists have developed an ultra-thin device, based on battery technology and made from layers of black phosphorus that are only a few atoms thick, that can power your smartphone, fitness tracker and other gadgets using human movements such as walking and waving.

Samsung could make some waves with its Gear sequels — and they offer unique features, like a built - in camera — but it just got that much harder for developers to get behind its Tizen - powered devices.