The Obtain: Synthetic surf swimming pools, and unfunny AI
For almost so long as browsing has existed, surfers have been obsessive about the seek for the right wave.
Whereas this hunt has taken surfers from tropical coastlines to icebergs, lately that search could happen nearer to residence. That’s, no less than, the imaginative and prescient offered by builders and boosters within the rising business of surf swimming pools, spurred by advances in wave-producing expertise which have lastly created synthetic waves surfers really need to journey.
However there’s an issue: a few of these swimming pools are in drought-ridden areas, and face fierce native opposition. On the core of those fights is a query that’s additionally on the coronary heart of the game: What’s the price of discovering, or now creating, the right wave—and who should bear it? Learn the total story.
—Eileen Guo
This story is from the forthcoming print subject of MIT Expertise Evaluation, which explores the theme of Play. It’s set to go stay on Wednesday June 26, so when you don’t already, subscribe now to get a duplicate when it lands.
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