Archive for October, 2005

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Company Spotlight: Wave Dispersion Technologies (P. 28)

Wave Dispersion Technologies, located in Sylvan Lake, has created and now manufactures the WhisprWave® system, a string of floating plastic modules that can act as a breakwall to calm turbulent waves that cause beach erosion or can function as a physical barrier to prevent unfriendly watercraft from entering harbors. The building block of the WhisprWave® system is a module that can be equipped with alarms or sensors and weighs 3poundsds. It can be filled with water to adjust its buoyancy and cannot be punctured when filled with marine grade buoyant foam. Current clients of Wave Dispersion Technologies include the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and the city of Key West, Florida. For more information, visit www.whisprwave.com.

Blog Tags: WhisprWave®, Automation Alley ,Wave Dispersion Technologies

The Maritime Logistics Innovation Center (MLIC) is a partnership between private industry, academia, and government authorities working together to cultivate and promote economic development within the State of Georgia. Through open communication and shared resources, the MLIC works to identify, create, and implement technological advancements in maritime logistics.

MLIC Programs:

Entrepreneurial Outreach Program
In an effort to improve the economic climate of rural Georgia, the MLIC employs an Entrepreneurial Outreach Specialist (EOS) to assist entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small businesses throughout the State. The EOS offers on-site technical assistance and provides access to the resources of the Georgia Centers of Innovation network.

Collaborative Solution Development
With the partnerships between industry, academia, and government, the MLIC offers a unique problem-solving collaborative. This allows industry leaders and experts to address and analyze challenges and develop solutions for the maritime community.

Access Intellectual Property
The MLIC not only assists in the development of innovative technologies, it works to commercialize and promote them as well. MLIC members gain an exclusive first-look at research and are given licensing opportunities for new maritime technologies and innovative products.

Facilities of Innovation
Headquartered at Georgia Tech’s Savannah campus, the MLIC is located close to the Georgia Ports Authority, the Savannah River, two major interstates, an international airport, and many large distribution centers – making it a great resource for the maritime industry and other shipping-related businesses.

Contact Information

MLIC Headquarters
190 Technology Circle
Suite 173
Savannah, GA 31407
Phone : 912.966.7867
Fax : 912.963.2549

Page Siplon
Director, MLIC
[email protected]

Israel is to build an underwater security barrier on its coastal border with the Gaza Strip in a bid to prevent infiltrations from the sea by would-be Palestinian attackers, security sources said Friday.

The navy-built barrier is expected to stretch out into the Mediterranean Sea for nearly one kilometre (about half a mile)

A first 150-metre stretch will be made a concrete wall with its foundations buried into the seabed near the northern Gaza Strip. A floating metal fence will then stretch for another 800 metres, a report in the English-language Jerusalem Post said.

“In order to provide protection for the Israeli homefront and in order to prevent infiltrations of terrorists via the sea, the navy is establishing a security system which will help stop such inflitrations and alert the security forces,” a security source told AFP wire.

It is understood that some of the impetus for the barrier comes from the impending loss of a naval base in southern Gaza, which is home to a vast surveillance system, when the Israeli military pulls out of the territory later this summer.