Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Develops Energy Harvesting Module That Efficiently Generates Power from Electromagnetic Wave Noise
September 12th, 2023In other words, surveillance devices will never run out of power. Via: Sony: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (SSS) today announced that it has developed an energy harvesting*1 module that uses electromagnetic wave noise energy. The new module applies technology that SSS has cultivated in the tuner development process to generate power from electromagnetic wave noise […]
Lithium Discovery in U.S. Volcano Could be Biggest Deposit Ever Found
September 9th, 2023Via: Chemistry World: A world-beating deposit of lithium along the Nevada–Oregon border could meet surging demand for this metal, according to a new analysis. An estimated 20 to 40 million tonnes of lithium metal lie within a volcanic crater formed around 16 million years ago. This is notably larger than the lithium deposits found beneath […]
Illinois Tech: CO2 to Propane
August 22nd, 2023Via: Illinois Institute of Technology: A paper recently published in Nature Energy based on pioneering research done at Illinois Institute of Technology reveals a promising breakthrough in green energy: an electrolyzer device capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable. … What sets Asadi’s electrolyzer apart […]
LK-99 Isn’t a Superconductor
August 16th, 2023Via: Nature: Researchers seem to have solved the puzzle of LK-99. Scientific detective work has unearthed evidence that the material is not a superconductor, and clarified its actual properties. The conclusion dashes hopes that LK-99 — a compound of copper, lead, phosphorus and oxygen — marked the discovery of the first superconductor that works at […]
European Union Mandates Easily Replaceable Batteries for Mobile Devices
August 13th, 2023I recently went through this again with a portable bluetooth speaker. The battery was worn out and the speaker was not user serviceable. I managed to pull it apart. It had definitely been engineered to make replacing the battery difficult. Imagine having that job! Your job is to come up with ways to prevent the […]
South Korean LK-99 Superconductor Possibly Real, Replication Efforts Ongoing
August 2nd, 2023Interestingly, the South Korean LK-99 superconductor patent cites a U.S. Navy superconductor patent from 2017. The inventor on the U.S. Navy patent is Salvatore Cezar Pais. We met Pais when The Drive reported on a series of exotic technology patents filed by the U.S. Navy: Over the last six months, The War Zone has been […]
MIT Engineers Create an Supercapacitor from Very Common Materials
August 1st, 2023This is fascinating, but keep in mind that the energy density is very low. I don’t know where the average household energy use is 10kwh per day, as stated in the article below, but in the U.S., it’s about 30kwh per day. Via: MIT News: Made of cement, carbon black, and water, the device could […]
Building Nikola Tesla’s Bladeless Turbine
July 31st, 2023Via: Integza:
Toyota Claims Solid State Battery Breakthrough
July 4th, 2023Via: Mining: Toyota said on Tuesday it has made a technological breakthrough that will allow it to halve the weight, size, and cost of batteries. “For both our liquid and solid-state batteries, we are aiming to drastically change the situation where current batteries are too big, heavy, and expensive,” said Keiji Kaita, president of Toyota’s […]
“EU Looks Into Blocking Out the Sun as Climate Efforts Falter”
June 27th, 2023Via: Bloomberg: The European Union will join an international effort to assess whether large-scale interventions such as deflecting the sun’s rays or changing the Earth’s weather patterns are viable options for fighting climate change.
