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Images Show Utopian City ‘Telosa’ Planned For U.S.

August 23rd, 2024

What to do until the first private burbclave gets built? I wonder if it will have a Yoshinoya: Via: Newsweek: One of America’s top billionaires is backing the construction of a 15-minute city in the middle of the American West desert, called Telosa. The city, which is the brainchild of former Walmart president Marc Lore, […]

New Samsung Solid-State EV Battery has 600-Mile Range and Charges in 9 Minutes…

August 21st, 2024

As I read about Samsung’s new solid state battery, I started to wonder, “What’s the catch?” These batteries require about 1KG of silver per vehicle: He noted that while official numbers are currently unavailable, estimates show that there could be as much as five grams of silver per cell in Samsung’s solid-state batteries, meaning “a […]

Ukrainian Forces Fight Inside Russia For Second Day

August 7th, 2024

Via: The War Zone: For the residents of Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the war is hitting home in a way few envisioned as a surprise mechanized Ukrainian incursion there stretches into its second day. Hundreds of Ukrainian troops and dozens of vehicles including tanks and other armor are said to have poured over the border, creating […]

UChicago: World’s First Anode-Free Sodium Solid-State Battery

July 6th, 2024

This is definitely interesting. In terms of years we would have to wait for this, I wonder what, “Closer than ever,” means? Via: University of Chicago: UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion has created the world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery. With this research, the LESC – […]

Batteries as a Military Enabler

June 25th, 2024

Via: War on the Rocks: The larger and more sophisticated the Chinese battery complex becomes, the more likely it is to secure technological advances in next-generation solid-state batteries that could revolutionize energy or transform military affairs. It could also leverage its existing industrial capabilities in lithium-ion batteries to scale deployments of unmanned and manned aerial […]

Northrop Grumman’s Manta Ray Submersible Drone Spotted in Google Satellite Image

June 24th, 2024

It’s fascinating how the autonomous death robots can harvest energy from the environment, giving them “near unlimited” range. They can also “hibernate” on the seafloor: In order to achieve this, Northrop’s demonstration vehicle features “energy-saving technologies,” the exact nature of which remain murky, allowing it to anchor on the seafloor and hibernate in a low-power […]

Microsoft Wants Fusion Energy for AI

June 21st, 2024

Via: Washington Post: Microsoft is betting on an effort to generate power from atomic fusion — the collision of atoms that powers the sun — a breakthrough that has eluded scientists for the past century. Physicists predict it will elude Microsoft, too. The tech giant and its partners say they expect to harness fusion by […]

Large Power Outage in New Zealand

June 19th, 2024

Update 0200NZST (UTC+12): Grid Up At The Moment The grid is up for us at the moment. This is the latest status from my grid operator: “As we manage the Transpower event there is a potential for current power outages continue with possibility of further outages in the morning as we mange load restrictions.” I’m […]

TDK: Solid-State Battery with an Energy Density of 1,000 Wh/L, Approximately 100X Greater than Conventional Solid-State Battery

June 17th, 2024

Via: TDK: TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) successfully developed a material for CeraCharge, a next-generation solid-state battery with an energy density of 1,000 Wh/L, approximately 100 times greater than the energy density of TDK’s conventional solid-state battery. TDK’s technology is aimed at a solution that can be utilized in various wearable devices, such as wireless earphones, hearing […]

Water Is Bursting from Another Abandoned West Texas Oil Well

June 12th, 2024

Via: The Texas Tribune: In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids on the surface of his West Texas ranch. Last week he found the biggest one yet. Gassy water was gushing from the ground and down a quarter mile of roadway before […]

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