Watch a Lost-at-Sea Buoy Bob in Real Time When the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association loses a buoy it doesnt
usually become high art. This one did. Developed by David Bowen,
a mechanical grid hanging from the ceiling of the gallery mimics
the motion of a buoy lost in the Pacific Ocean. The misplaced
buoy is still dutifully sending back data, and the grid is able
to follow along with its floating pattern. Even though the buoy
is lost, its movements still give researchers clues about its
location in the Pacific. Around Christmas time, it started
violently rocking back and forth in time with a storm off the
coast of Alaska. But after that one brief moment, the buoy
wandered out of sight again.