Predictive analytics can gather weather and tidal data to help crews ready themselves for the next starting gun.

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The combination of smartphones, tablets and connected devices will create a tidal wave of new data for businesses to store and process.

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In Venice, where the sea-level data was released, engineers are constructing a new set of tidal barriers to protect the historic city.

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If it goes ahead, the computer data centre would provide services for a number of companies and would be powered by tidal energy rather than rely on fossil fuel.

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