For practically 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, not less than, the imaginative and prescient offered by builders and boosters within the rising trade of surf swimming pools, spurred by advances in wave-producing expertise which have lastly created synthetic waves surfers really wish to experience.
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 must bear it? Learn the complete story.
—Eileen Guo
This story is from the forthcoming print challenge of MIT Know-how Evaluate, which explores the theme of Play. It’s set to go stay on Wednesday June 26, so in the event you don’t already, subscribe now to get a replica when it lands.
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