Switzerland is rolling out solar panels between the rails of the train tracks. That’s a creative use of the otherwise unused space. But I wonder how they hook them up to the grid? Short YouTube video.
Archive for the ‘Inventions’ Category:
2023-08-15 Methane+Sunlight+ Catalyst = Emissions Free Hydrogen – Research
This sounds like it could be developed into a very important process. Methane + sunlight + boron nitride catalyst. The end products are hydrogen and just carbon – not CO2. So the carbon never enters the atmosphere, never becomes a greenhouse gas. Methane + Sunlight + Catalyst = Emissions-Free Hydrogen, Say UCF Researchers
2023-08-12 Moore’s Law Is Dead? – Sabine
Sabine Hossenfelder goes over the history and ways that Moore’s Law may still make progress. Also a few good comments.
2023-07-23 Hydrogen From Sunlight – Halide Perovskites
Making hydrogen from sunlight – photoelectrochemical reactions. https://interestingengineering.com/science/device-generating-hydrogen-using-sunlight-record
2023-07-09 Groundbreaking Research Transmits Energy From Space To Earth
This is definitely groundbreaking. But I don’t understand why they’re doing it this way. I think the array that’s in space should be as simple as possible – an array made up of thin sheets of metallized mylar that reflect the sunlight to the photovoltaic array on Earth. In their system and mine, there has
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2022-04-02 Heliwind Floating Wind Turbine
Geoff Goeggel I have nothing against you, but you just need to be realistic. Right now, the world is already ‘on its way’ to saving $2T a year with renewables, but most of that is solar because most people don’t live where it’s very windy. You say 250 foot tall, but that says nothing about
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2022-03-30 Laser Fusion Demonstration
They claim that their Laser Fusion demonstration is working. Uses boron and hydrogen. https://newatlas.com/energy/hb11-laser-fusion-demonstration/
2022-03-02 Solder Dispensing Pen
I use this for holding solder while I hold the PCB and iron with my hands. I use my teeth to hold this pen.
2021-10-23 Another Million Dollar Idea
There is a need for lighting in the workplace but to save energy the amounts should be monitored and turned off if no one is occupying workstations. The workstations could be monitored by activity. But another way would be to fly a sensor equipped drone around the workplace and determine what and where activity is
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2021-10-09 Skycool Passive Cooling Radiates IR
This Skycool radiates InfraRed in the ‘window’ of 8 to 13 micrometers. He also talks about special coatings and paints. This technology sounds promising. I would like to know if there are plants or better, trees that have foliage that radiates in the same window. These could be grown to do double duty: sequester CO2
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