In the mid-1980's I saw a clip on television about this technology. Named "Sunflower" it was employed in some high-rise office buildings in Japan. The same program featured a boat with paddles that were drivin entirely by the motion of the ocean and could travel at good speeds, in any direction, in breaking waves or deep sea swells. I tried googling the subjects a couple of years ago with no luck, haden't heard a peep of either invention until now.
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- steve 8-21-2006 11:10 pm