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‘Glitch’ affects UK’s sea-bed ‘plug’ The installation of the world’s largest wave energy testing site has begun. The new device will function like a ‘socket’ on the sea-bed, allowing for future wave-power harnessing devices to channel their energy through the National Grid. But as Alex Bushill reports, the team is experiencing some early technical ‘glitches’. [...]
Disregarded by striking workers, China’s trade unions rethink role in bid for relevance The wave of strikes rippling through China’s southern manufacturing heartland have forced the country’s officially sanctioned unions to try something novel: speak up for workers or risk being permanently sidelined. Read more on Times & Transcript
Now that’s what we call music ELECTRIC PICNIC: Never mind the sideshows – it’s the sounds that count at Electric Picnic. So it’s a big thank you for the music, asJim Carrollgives credit where it’s due Plus: reviews fromJim Carroll, Lauren Murphy, Rosemary Mac CabeandConor Pope Read more on The Irish Times
Solar fireworks set to follow sun blast A WAVE of violent space weather has begun rolling over the Earth after a huge explosion on the sun. Read more on Adelaide Now
Shore towns prepared for Earl, just in case A week’s worth of warnings gave Shore communities ample time to raise sand berms and other defenses against Hurricane Earl, but dialed-back forecasts proved correct with minimal wind and rain from the storm’s offshore passage. Read more on Asbury Park Press
Wireless Gauge Interface offers plug and play operation. Without requiring any tools, i-Wave allows plug-and-play changeover of mechanical gauge heads. StarLock locking device allows connection of new/existing gauges to wireless gauging. Able to work in severe shop floor conditions, wireless handle accommodates any mechanical gauge head featuring standard M10, M6, or M3,5 thread. Unit is [...]
Review: Hydro Thunder: Hurricane Hurricane Force: riding a high tide Another summer, another wave of critically acclaimed downloadable games. Another summer, another wave of critically acclaimed downloadable games. Limbo , Monday Night Combat , and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light have all garnered their share of praise. But as the season’s lighter fare [...]
Disregarded by strikers, China unions rethink role The wave of strikes rippling through China’s southern manufacturing heartland have forced the country’s officially sanctioned unions to try something novel: speak up for workers or risk being permanently sidelined. Read more on AP via Yahoo! Philippines News
SureGrid Helps Building Owners and Operators Sustain the Electricity Grid During Summer Heat Waves AUSTIN, Texas—-SureGrid, the leading energy solutions provider of automated, cloud-based, Intelligent Load Management technology, today announced that it is helping building operators protect the power grid during this summer’s heat waves by managing utility-sponsored electricity curtailment programs across the country. Read [...]
Suicide blasts in Lahore kill 25, injure 180 Three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 180, police and rescue officials said. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald