Surf the Waves
From CTV News: Researchers use unmanned electronic ‘surfboard’ to track ocean’s social networks
International marine researchers are getting a glimpse beneath the world’s oceans using a surfboard-inspired, unmanned ‘wave glider’ device that collects data about the creatures living beneath the waves.
Kick Ash
From UticaOD.com: Baseball bats made of ash thrown a curve (Part I of II)
Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams all rose to stardom swinging an ash baseball bat.
And Mudville’s Mighty Casey sunk into baseball infamy by striking out with an ash bat. At least he would have, had the poetic Casey been real.
Women Take Aim
From Shot Business: What Women Want — Female shooters explain
The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s latest firearms retailer survey asked: ”In your opinion, has the number of female customers in your store increased, decreased, or remained the same in 2011 over 2010?” Seventy-three percent of responding retailers said they had seen an increase.