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a simple tap at the temple of the frames activates rich directional sound, allowing wearers to 'seamlessly press play on the soundtrack of their lives'.
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no, volkswagen isn't changing its name to 'voltswagen' in the US.
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virgin galactic designs its spaceship III with a modular design that will lay the foundation for the manufacture of future space planes.
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the wind catcher by KiteX — which comes in two versions — works in conjunction with solar panels or separately by generating power in situations when solar power is not enough.
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Built as a charging fence, this could be used extensivly in an urban setting.
Efficiency is secondary if the whole effort is small. Sea wind parks have the big problem with corrosion…but here I see also risks like clogging water nozzles.
But…they seem to work also with very little wind.
So, just spraying water into the wind makes electricity? If this is true, it will be a revolution, especially in wet countries and sea locations. Not in dry areas.
How much clean water is required for 1kWh?
what is the technology behind tis???
Looks like the city pigeons will be very happy with these nesting sites.
How does this impact on wildlife such as birds etc?
I know that is one of the concerns with windmills that they can cause deaths of birds flying too close to them.
I just looked this up, and from the IEEE, it appear that this is not very efficient. Currently the system is about 7% efficient at converting wind energy into electricity. There are known improvements that could bring this into the 25% – 30% range. By comparison, modern horizontal axis wind generators are about 45% efficient.
It is an interesting concept, but given the inefficiency, and other problems related to using water like this, I don’t see a bright future for the technology.
I just listened to this whole rap and not one word about the device’s efficiency or output?
This is really interesting!
I wonder if the charge needs to be scaled up in a production version of this device and if it is spraying charged droplets out into the wind, could it also be used for cooling similar to what was done for several large scale events recently?
how would you keep birds from perching and leaving guano on its surfaces?
Wow amazing, congratulations guys! Would love to see what this leads to!