http://broceanography.com Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:35:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When waves crash on the shore they actually create vibrations in the Earth that can be detected by seismometers and used to determine the power of the waves. Seismologists have been archiving this data from 22 locations across the world for decades. Recently, a researcher noticed a trend ... http://broceanography.com/2008/04/26/seismologists-say-the-surfs-up-across-the-globe/ Check out these jet-powered surfboards from MonoJet and PowerSki. Gives new meaning to the term "power surfing". All kidding aside they do look like fun. The creator of MonoJet, Egon Monostory, claims that the MonoJet surfboard is the lightest, fastest jet-powered surfboard on the market and is capable of ... http://broceanography.com/2008/04/04/a-surfboard-that-requires-no-waves/ The folks at SharkShield must be feeling pretty disappointed right now. Recently, while testing one of their anti-shark devices in the shark-infested waters of South Africa, a shark actually attacked and ate the device. I can only imagine the looks on their faces when it happened. This spectacular product ... http://broceanography.com/2008/03/04/shark-eats-anti-shark-device/ The European Space Agency (ESA) is employing a new technique (based on the same principle as police speed-measuring radar guns) that uses satellite radar data to measure the speed of the moving surface of the ocean. Using this new technique the ESA is able to generate Near Real Time ... http://broceanography.com/2008/01/27/new-radar-satellite-technique-enables-near-real-time-global-swell-wave-observations/ Check out this story about a surfer named Garrett Lisi, who recently stunned the physics community by offering a new "theory of everything" that explains how the universe works. The fact that a surfer is gaining respect from the physics community is pretty cool. Even cooler, though, is ... http://broceanography.com/2007/11/20/surfer-may-have-found-the-key-to-the-universe/ Recent storms off the east coast of Australia literally whipped up freakish amounts of sea foam that ultimately made its way to shore north of Sydney. Scientists explain that the foam is created by impurities in the ocean, such as salts, chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed. ... http://broceanography.com/2007/11/08/freakish-sea-foam/ Earlier this month giant waves were photographed moving across the skies over Iowa. They're a natural phenomenon called "undular bore waves". When you look at them on a satellite image, they kinda resemble a WWIII wave period animation. Link http://broceanography.com/2007/10/19/id-say-these-waves-are-well-overhead/ Check out this new instant ding repair kit developed out of South Africa. It works by filling the ding with a special powder, adding drops of a special liquid, waiting seconds for everything to harden, and then sanding. Sounds pretty cool to me, especially for when you're traveling. They claim ... http://broceanography.com/2007/09/07/instant-ding-repair-kit/ Check out this story about a laboratory model of the ocean that fits in a box. It's pretty cool. I'm gonna work on getting one to put on my desk, so when work's bringing me down I can just put my head in it. Link http://broceanography.com/2007/06/29/the-ocean-in-a-box/ Check out Shredda's new fin configuration. The company claims to use 100% recycled materials and that the cost is under $100 (presumably AUS). They also make the claim that their new steering system "has increased the speed ,stability and turning ability by at least 20%...." Read more about it ... http://broceanography.com/2007/04/23/new-fin-technology/