Collaborative Robots Changing Agriculture
The recent suggestion by economics professor Mark Blyth of Brown University that just 10% of the world’s population will need to work to provide all of the goods and services needed by humanity is amazing.…
The recent suggestion by economics professor Mark Blyth of Brown University that just 10% of the world’s population will need to work to provide all of the goods and services needed by humanity is amazing.…
After more than three decades of research and development, the conversion of wind energy into electric power has become competitive enough to make the industry competitive with fossil fuel alternatives. This grand development is just…
The recent emphasis on reusable launch vehicles (RLV) most visibly by SpaceX and soon by Vulcan Aerospace is part of a much bigger trend in the aerospace industry to lower payload costs from $10,000 per pound…
Either there’s a lot of “black magic” going on these days, or scientists and engineers are performing near-miraculous feats, once considered impossible. Actually, researchers are leaving no stone unturned in the search for viable alternative…
Solar Cells Boost Renewable Energy Solar cells, solar panels,solar arrays and solar batteries have been under development for many years. And improving efficiency, verified by third parties, is what solar power manufacturers strive for. Recently…
At a TED conference this week entrepreneur Elon Musk predicted solar and wind energy revolutions would create a “giant distributed utility” bigger and more powerful than monopolistic utilities existing today. Additionally, a recent report from…
20th Century Grids Giving Way To 21st century Smart Grids According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) the US energy grid can be characterized by its huge size, fragmentation and complex system.…
Building Solar Cells Nanowire By Nanowire The solar cell efficiency limit, known as the “Shockley Queisser Limit” (SQL) has held for many years. But recent research using nanowires seems to show that scientists will soon…