Expect a full wave of them to hit the retail shelves this Christmas.
Nonetheless, Kolar says that the industry has seen a surge of interest in the last year, particularly from developers who have the capital and experience to deploy full-scale wave energy projects, and from government officials in island countries who see in wave power a clear path to energy independence.
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Now that the wave is beginning to hit full force, more and more businesses are listening.
Last week, I wrote about the new wave of journalist on our full-time staff.
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"Sandy's flood wave hit New York with full force, " said Peter Hoeppe, who heads Munich Re's Geo Risks Research.
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Right now, for instance, there's a full-blown revival of '80s new wave.
Others might explore darker material under the circumstances, but Rogue Wave's latest album, Permalight, is full of bright, uptempo indie-pop, with unexpected excursions into electronic music.
Many of the dead were children from surrounding villages who had gathered for school holidays at Sissano lagoon, which took the full brunt of the ten-metre (33-foot) wave.
Looks like a good start here (especially for the second hand market, of course), but let's see if the Chinese consumers will see an effective change at the stores -- maybe the next wave of virtual protest will eventually force Apple to add full two-year coverage for the iPads as well.
Mr Wolfson's most famous skill was to spin full circle up to half a dozen times as he came in on a big wave, a manoeuvre logically known as a 360.
The full social impact of the recession will kick in after the summer, when a first wave of jobless run out of unemployment pay and start receiving less generous welfare handouts.
Its presentation (by museum designer Keith Crippen and his team) successfully captures the mix of craftsmanship, functionality and drama inherent in samurai armor and weaponry, at times drawing our attention to a striking helmet in the shape of a rising wave or a horse mask with horns and flaring nostrils, at other times wowing us with full sets of armor.
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At 27, Watkins brings refreshing youth and innocence to a song sung from the perspective of a grizzled barge-worker: Only "a fruit jar full of iced tea" and "a half a day off with pay" provide relief to a lingering heat wave.
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