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The Indoor Ocean Simulator

At the University of Edinburgh, researchers have built an ocean simulator that can reproduce the kind of tumultuous seas found in the wild. Large enough for study, the dedicated ocean simulator, named FloWave, is 25 meters across and utilizes 28 submerged drive units to command its 2.4 million liters of water to do the researcher’s bidding.

 

via Science and Nature Page

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