Geographically reconfigurable wave-powered computing network
AssigneeLone Gull Holdings, Ltd.
InventorsGarth Alexander Sheldon-Coulson, Brian Lee Moffat
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Abstract
A system for deploying, stationing, and translocating buoyant wind- and wave-energy converters, as well as farms of same. A plurality of buoyant wave energy converters are positioned in a body of water with an automated system for controlling their location, where the converters are self-propelled. Propulsion units move the wave energy converters in response to commands from an automated system. The converters house a plurality of computers powered by a portion of electrical energy generated by the wave energy converters. The geographically reconfigurable wave-powered computing network transfers data among the wave energy converters during migration of the wave energy converters across the body of water.
Claims7
A geographically reconfigurable wave-powered computing network, comprising:
- a plurality of buoyant wave energy converters;
- an automated system for controlling a location of the wave energy converters, at least a subset of the wave energy converters configured for generating electrical power from wave motion, said at least a subset of wave energy converters being self-propelled;
- propulsion units in communication with the automated system, said propulsion units configured to move the network of wave energy converters in response to commands from the automated system;
- and a plurality of computers on the wave energy converters, the plurality of computers powered by a portion of electrical energy generated by the wave energy converters;
- wherein the geographically reconfigurable wave-powered computing network transfers data among the wave energy converters during migration of the wave energy converters across a body of water;
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- wherein electrical energy generated by the wave energy converters is pooled among the network of wave energy converters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.