<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : technology : Search Results : wave : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://technology.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Sine Wave Speech]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/48521/1/" /><id>48521</id><summary><![CDATA[Sine Wave Speech]]></summary><issued>2008-01-27T02:51:42+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-27T02:51:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This is a trippy perceptual phenomenon which will mess with your head a little bit. Sine wave speech is artificially degraded speech that sounds like just beeps and whistles until you have been primed to hear it as speech. Try it, you will be amazed!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A View from Within the Barrel of a Wave]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/118397/1/" /><id>118397</id><summary><![CDATA[A View from Within the Barrel of a Wave]]></summary><issued>2009-05-29T16:45:01+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-29T16:45:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There is something so special about the barrel of a wave; the fact that water can even sustain such a shape is astounding in itself. Viewed from any angle, barrelling waves are a breathtaking sight, but observing them from within literally opens up a whole new perspective on the ocean.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Two unusual older stars giving birth to second wave of planets]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/46832/1/" /><id>46832</id><summary><![CDATA[Two unusual older stars giving birth to second wave of planets]]></summary><issued>2008-01-11T03:11:56+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-11T03:11:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hundreds of millions &#8212; or even billions &#8212; of years after planets would have initially formed around two unusual stars, a second wave of planetesimal and planet formation appears to be taking place.  &quot;This is a new class of stars, ones that display conditions now ripe for formation of a second generation of planets, long, long after the stars themselves formed.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[First unchanging 'soliton' wave found in space]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/54785/1/" /><id>54785</id><summary><![CDATA[First unchanging 'soliton' wave found in space]]></summary><issued>2008-03-18T20:07:19+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-18T20:07:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An unusual electrical disturbance has been spotted in space, travelling unchanged through the ionised gas surrounding Earth. A European space mission called Cluster detected a &quot;soliton&quot; wave, a phenomenon similar to the self-contained solitons that can travel along optical fibres and channels of water on Earth. This is the first known soliton in space.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA['Big Wave' Theory Offers Alternative to Dark Energy ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/131009/1/" /><id>131009</id><summary><![CDATA['Big Wave' Theory Offers Alternative to Dark Energy ]]></summary><issued>2009-08-18T10:07:41+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-18T10:07:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Mathematicians have proposed an alternative explanation for the accelerating expansion of the universe that does not rely on the mystifying idea of dark energy.<br/><br/>According to the new proposition, the universe is not accelerating, as observations suggest. Instead, an expanding wave flowing throughout space-time causes distant galaxies to appear to be accelerating away from us.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Animals across Europe falling asleep due to heat wave]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/28170/1/" /><id>28170</id><summary><![CDATA[Animals across Europe falling asleep due to heat wave]]></summary><issued>2007-07-20T12:30:53+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-20T12:30:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[With some parts of Europe currently in the middle of a heat wave, it seems it's not only people who suffer from the soaring temperatures.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hurricane wave sweeps Maine spectators out to sea]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/131466/1/" /><id>131466</id><summary><![CDATA[Hurricane wave sweeps Maine spectators out to sea]]></summary><issued>2009-08-23T18:47:53+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-23T18:47:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[EDGARTOWN, Mass. &#8211; A rogue wave from Hurricane Bill swept spectators out to sea at a Maine park Sunday as the storm-churned surf attracted onlookers and daredevils along the Eastern Seaboard.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Stalled Hunt for a Gravity Wave]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/76105/1/" /><id>76105</id><summary><![CDATA[The Stalled Hunt for a Gravity Wave]]></summary><issued>2008-09-14T00:18:12+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-14T00:18:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The LHC is getting all the coverage, but another major physics experiment the Virgo gravity-wave interferometer, an &#8364;80 million (US$114 million) has been incapacitated by a vacuum failure for most of the summer, and is expected to stay out of commission for a month or two to come. It is searching for that elusive Gravity Wave]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Saturn Does the Wave in Upper Atmosphere]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/61134/1/" /><id>61134</id><summary><![CDATA[Saturn Does the Wave in Upper Atmosphere]]></summary><issued>2008-05-08T23:00:25+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-08T23:00:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Monster Wave: Surfer Rides 41 Foot Wave&#8211;Then Wipes Out]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/81876/1/" /><id>81876</id><summary><![CDATA[Monster Wave: Surfer Rides 41 Foot Wave&#8211;Then Wipes Out]]></summary><issued>2008-11-14T08:58:24+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-14T08:58:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Kerby Brown&#8217;s story of catching a monster 41 foot wave is sweeping across the internet.  He was recently filmed surfing the rogue wave, in an undisclosed location, before wiping out and nearly killing himself.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Amazing Time Lapse of a Gravity Wave]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/19562/1/" /><id>19562</id><summary><![CDATA[Amazing Time Lapse of a Gravity Wave]]></summary><issued>2007-05-09T05:47:43+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-09T05:47:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This is a time lapse of a gravity wave taken by the Tama, Iowa KCCI-TV webcam on 6 May 2007. Gravity waves form when buoyancy pushes air up, and gravity pulls it back down. Very cool stuff!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Rubber &quot;Snake&quot; Could Help Wave Power]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/67965/1/" /><id>67965</id><summary><![CDATA[Rubber &quot;Snake&quot; Could Help Wave Power]]></summary><issued>2008-07-07T17:46:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-07T17:46:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There is tremendous energy locked up in even the gentlest of waves. Harnessing that energy has been wrought with problems. A new and simple <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.checkmateuk.com/seaenergy/links.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">device</a> invented in the UK make make it a lot easier and lot less expensive to utilize that boundless energy.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Freak wave 'hot spots' identified]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/130406/1/" /><id>130406</id><summary><![CDATA[Freak wave 'hot spots' identified]]></summary><issued>2009-08-10T22:43:26+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-10T22:43:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists in the US have made a major advance in their understanding of so-called freak waves.<br/><br/>These monster waves present a major risk to ships and offshore platforms.<br/><br/>A computer simulation developed by oceanographers in the US could help locate where and when these &quot;rogue&quot; phenomena are most likely to occur.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Frozen Tidal Wave]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/9705/1/" /><id>9705</id><summary><![CDATA[Frozen Tidal Wave]]></summary><issued>2007-01-29T08:59:38+01:00</issued><modified>2007-01-29T08:59:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Not really, just a melting glacier, but still pretty cool.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blood-pressure-sensing underpants]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/technology/l/62467/1/" /><id>62467</id><summary><![CDATA[Blood-pressure-sensing underpants]]></summary><issued>2008-05-20T04:24:42+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-20T04:24:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers have recently found that a person's &quot;pulse wave velocity&quot; is closely linked to blood pressure. Sensors sewn into the waistband of a person's underpants can measure the rate of this wave, consumer electronics company Philips has discovered, and could be used to calculate blood pressure for as long as the garment is worn.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Giant Tsunami hit New York... 2,300 years ago]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/111554/1/" /><id>111554</id><summary><![CDATA[Giant Tsunami hit New York... 2,300 years ago]]></summary><issued>2009-05-04T04:08:04+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-04T04:08:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A huge wave crashed into the New York City region 2,300 years ago, dumping sediment and shells across Long Island and New Jersey and casting wood debris far up the Hudson River.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Surfer rescues dog swept off Mich. pier ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/35486/1/" /><id>35486</id><summary><![CDATA[Surfer rescues dog swept off Mich. pier ]]></summary><issued>2007-09-13T00:04:14+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-13T00:04:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A surfer rode a wave on his stomach to rescue a struggling dog that had been swept off a pier and into Lake Michigan by a wave.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sun's Corona Is Both Hot And Kinky]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/science/l/55012/1/" /><id>55012</id><summary><![CDATA[Sun's Corona Is Both Hot And Kinky]]></summary><issued>2008-03-20T06:25:28+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-20T06:25:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Astrophysicists are having a heated debate over the wave structure of the Sun&#8217;s Corona - a debate which may one day influence solar weather forecasting and the theory behind fusion reactors.  The Sun&#8217;s core is about 6000 degrees C, but its outer layer, the Corona, which is filled with a strong magnetic field, is 200 to 300 times hotter.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Riding Giants (full documentary)]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/sports/l/35623/1/" /><id>35623</id><summary><![CDATA[Riding Giants (full documentary)]]></summary><issued>2007-09-13T23:03:52+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-13T23:03:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_Giants" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Riding Giants</a> is a 2004 <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.sonyclassics.com/ridinggiants/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">documentary</a> film. The movie traces the origins of surfing and specifically focuses on the art of big wave riding. Some of the featured surfers are Greg Noll, Laird Hamilton, and Jeff Clark, and surfing pioneers such as Mickey Munoz.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bride To Be Lost At Sea]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://technology.plime.com/plime-com/l/83661/1/" /><id>83661</id><summary><![CDATA[Bride To Be Lost At Sea]]></summary><issued>2008-12-05T08:40:54+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-05T08:40:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scott Napper was planning on asking Leafil Alforque to marry him at Proposal Rock when a wave carried her out to sea.]]></content></entry></items></xml>