Energy from a Giant Rubber Snake

By Miss Cellania in Science & Tech on Jul 7, 2008 at 9:37 am

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200-meter-long rubber snakes in the ocean could harness the power of waves to produce energy! The device is called the Anaconda, and is being tested by researchers at the University of Southampton. Link -via Digg

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RM
Jul 7th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Wow that´s cool.
Tim Giachetti
Jul 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Right about now my ex wife is using up energy with a rubber snake.
R
Jul 8th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Huh-huh…bulge…rubber…snake…flexible tube…traveling down tubes…thickness…sealed off at both ends…too much…gay innuendo…can’t…eugh…
kid_icarus
Jul 8th, 2008 at 11:21 am
this is awesome! although, one has to wonder if one of the tethers breaks who will be the first swimmer to seriously freak out when it brushes against them?
Xinavera
Jul 8th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
This is definitely neato-rama. There are all kinds of potential ways to harness ocean energy (waves, wind, tides, thermal gradients), but that’s one I hadn’t heard of.

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