Posts Tagged ‘ Power ’

Rain as power

Treehugger has a very interesting article about a team that is trying to capture the kinetic energy of raindrops to generate power. Each raindrop has a potential to generate a small amount of energy. The amount is small, but it could be enough power to control a small sensor. Possibly a rain detector that measures [ READ MORE ]

Power from controlled Tornadoes

Louis Michaud, an engineer with 24 years of experience in the energy field, wants to build a power plant the harnesses man made tornadoes to generate electricity. He has several patents on his designs and many scientists claim it is at least feasible in concept. He calls his concept an Atmospheric Vortex Engine. You can [ READ MORE ]

Power outages in San Francisco

Yesterday afternoon a major power outage in San Francisco took many popular websites down. Sites affected included CraigsList, TypePad, and LiveJournal. The most surprising thing in all of the outages, was not that the power went down, but rather that the backup systems for many of these sites failed completely. Companies spend fortunes to provide [ READ MORE ]

Power without wires or batteries

A team of scientists led by Prof. Marin Soljacic, from MIT, have demonstrated a working method of transmitting power wirelessly using a system known as electromagnetic resonance. Transmitting power wirelessly is not new, but using electromagnetic resonance to do so is. All previous methods of power transmission involved using radiation in some form. Most commonly [ READ MORE ]

Secret Nuclear plans from 1940 revealed

It seems that James Chadwick, the discoverer of the neutron, sent detailed plans for building a nuclear reactor to the royal archives for safekeeping in 1940. Those plans were lost, and have remained sealed until recently when they were opened to mark the 75th anniversary of the discovery of the neutron. James sent them to [ READ MORE ]

USB power in your car

I really don’t know why someone didn’t think of this before. With as many devices as there are out there that charge using a USB port, this could be really useful. 12 volt power extenders, aren’t anything new. In fact I’ve got one in my car right now. But adding a USB charge port to [ READ MORE ]