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Researchers at Korea's Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology have created a nuclear battery that could turn radiation directly into electricity for decades – but without all the scary stuff associated with nuclear radiation.
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Breaking is broken, from lifts to electric trains, cars to pushbikes, applying breaks is simply swapping useful energy for bad useless energy, ie entropy. So it goes!
Yeah, I have these, great cos they work with other stuff like camping stoves that provide power via usb, so now i just need paper or wood to have power in any small device.
This is so simple. Continuance is a set of batteries with a USB interface on the side. The batteries are rechargeable plus dole out some juice to stranded gadgets that are starved of power. Handy, compact and a totally do-able concept! Kudos! Continuance is an iF concept design entry for 2011
Wow! Swapping electric vehicle batteries is so quick and easy!
Battery swapping is also available for electric vehicles.
Gogoro, the Taiwanese battery-swapping startup, has expanded its operations internationally.
Taiwan has a vast network of battery-swapping stations for electric scooters.
How safe are they really? Imagine carrying a nuclear reactor in your pocket. Additionally, how will we dispose of them safely, or are we looking at a catastrophic environmental disaster in a few years?
NASA is already using them to power spacecraft for deep space missions.
The batteries have the potential to transform the transportation industry, especially in the realm of electric vehicles.
Nuclear batteries can revolutionise energy storage. Imagine going for decades without needing to charge your devices.
A Chinese company claims to have developed a nuclear battery.
Researchers have been studying nuclear batteries for some time, and they may become available on the market sooner rather than later.
Sand can also be used to make green batteries that don’t harm the environment.
There’s another one in France made from paper.
Already done! These scientists have developed a biodegradable battery from crab shells.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/09/battery-made-with-crab-shells-is-biodegradable-and-recyclable/
We need this yesterday! This could finally make electric vehicles fully sustainable.
An Israeli startup has also developed a smartphone battery that can recharge fully in 30 seconds.
Talk about amazing! This electronic vehicle battery can charge to full capacity in five minutes!
Yeah, they are pretty common now – and a good thing. Motor boats suck, compared to using wind or the sun. Good stuff, loving this article here. https://robbreport.com/motors/marine/solar-powered-yachts-mainstream-oddball-niche-1234592000/
They are the future. Imagine solar power container ships.
You can actually buy solar powered yachts as well as speedboats now. Cool idea.
“Not only can today’s technologies cut elevators’ energy use, but they also can return energy to the building grid.”
Breaking is broken, from lifts to electric trains, cars to pushbikes, applying breaks is simply swapping useful energy for bad useless energy, ie entropy. So it goes!
Not new, a but cool idea.
Loving these magnetic elevators- that can go sideways too like a tube.
You can make any clothing collect light and turn it to electricity now. Amazing number or applications.
done already – over 10 years ago. Not sure if they do jackets or bags nowadays too but that would be handy.
Yeah, I have these, great cos they work with other stuff like camping stoves that provide power via usb, so now i just need paper or wood to have power in any small device.
here you go.