Waves continue to pound Oregon beaches, practically daring engineers to harness their power.
But Oregon's major wave-energy project fell apart earlier this year, with no buoy ever deployed.
Enter M3 Wave, a company with a different approach to harnessing the ocean's power.
The M3 plan calls for a device to placed on the ocean floor, not the surface.
The pressure, not the actual waves, powers a mechanism that involves a turbine.
CEO Mike Morrow joins us to talk about the concept and the first test, planned for the Astoria area next week.