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US 12,560,143 B2Granted
Self-powered computing buoy
AssigneeLone Gull Holdings, Ltd.
InventorsGarth Alexander Sheldon-Coulson, Brian Lee Moffat
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Abstract
A computing apparatus that is integrated within a flotation module, the system obtaining the energy required to power its computing operations from waves that travel across the surface of a body of water on which the flotation module sets. Additionally, the self-powered computing apparatus employs novel designs to utilize its close proximity to the body of water and/or to strong ocean winds to significantly lower the cost and complexity of cooling their computing circuits.
Claims9
A floating data center, comprising:
- a buoyant vessel adapted to absorb energy from water waves;
- a generator energized by wave energy absorbed by the vessel;
- a receiving antenna configured to receive computational tasks and data;
- a transmitting antenna configured to transmit computational results;
- a networked plurality of computing devices adapted to process received computational tasks and derive computational results;
- a propulsion system adapted to propel the vessel in a body of water;
- and
- a navigation and steering system adapted to steer the vessel;
- wherein the plurality of computing devices are energized by electrical power produced by the generator.
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A method for processing a computational task comprising:
- placing into a body of water a self-propelled vessel containing a networked plurality of computing devices energized by a wave-energized electrical generator;
- specifying at a first location remote from the vessel a computational task;
- transmitting the computational task to the vessel;
- deriving a computational result within the computing device network;
- and
- transmitting to a second remote location the computational result.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.