A wave-gliding robot has been deployed off the coast of San Francisco to stealthily keep an eye on great white sharks in the Pacific Ocean.
The surfbot is part of an arsenal of ocean-tracking tech that’s receiving data from acoustic tags on the predators and transmitting it back to shore. Fixed buoys also pick up the sharks’ signals when the animals swim within 1,000 feet (305m) of them.
“Our goal is to use revolutionary technology that increases our capacity to observe our oceans and census populations, improve   … More
Windsurfing enjoyed fantastic conditions at the London 2012 Olympic Games. What’s up next for the RS:X Class and NeilPryde?
Dorian Van Rijsselberge, from the Netherlands, won gold with two races to spare in the Men’s RS:X after a series of exceptional performances. He finished ahead of Nick Dempsey of Great Britain in silver position and Poland’s Przemyslaw Miarczynski, who took bronze  … More
Record breaking participation from all continents except Antarctica. (But if the Bic techno 293 class continue to grow this fast,I am sure penguins will be windsurfing on Techno in no time.) Almost 350 competitors on BIC Techno 293 and another 100 in Raceboard class. Ready for racing which starts tomorrow.
Shark Week begins Sunday. One of the great human stories for thousands of years is the individual facing something this grand and awesome yet also this mysterious and frightening. One response is to fight it. Another is to just stand there and be reverent. And that is why Shark Week never loses its appeal with viewers
Last year, the summer programming phenomenon of Discovery Channel attracted 26.6 million viewers. The Shark Week specials get up close and personal with these amazing predators. The encounter puts emphasis on education – on understanding how much we’ve learned about sharks and how much we still can learn  … More