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Falls tightrope walk wins TV role

19.05.12

ABC is turning Nik Wallenda's attempted tightrope walk over Niagara Falls into a prime-time television event next month, devoting a full three hours to the daredevil's June 15 walk, the network said Friday. Wallenda is a seventh-generation member of the famous daredevil family the Great Wallendas, also known as the Flying Wallendas, whose history as a traveling circus troupe dates to 1780. Three hours of prime time didn't surprise media expert Robert Thompson , who said the Wallenda legend together with the bygone days of daredevil attempts at conquering Niagara Falls are big draws &mdash. "It's a return to some of the great events you've seen on television over the years," ABC spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said. NIAGARA FALLS &mdash.

Source: Albany Times Union

Hydrokinetic Oscillators for Undersea Energy Sources

19.05.12

To provide such an undersea energy source, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is researching the use of hydrokinetic oscillators that would twitch constantly in low-speed flows using flow-induced vibration (FlV)... While surface océanographie monitoring stations can benefit from advancing technologies powered by solar, wind and wave energy, submerged and seafloor remote sensing applications must look to other renewable energy sources, ideally with a simple... FULL TEXT Kinetic Energy Harvesters Driven by Flow-Induced Vibration Cenerate Potential Renewable Energy Underwater. These cantilevered cylinder oscillators would then drive tip-mounted kinetic energy harvester (KEH) devices that transduce vibrations into useable power.

Source: ElectroIQ