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Eliminating the Laptop Charging Brick

I was wondering thing same thing as the initial writer, thinking back to the power supplies on the lab racks when I was a preengineering student in... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 24, 2011 at 4:35 PM EST

Through the wormhole

A question, and sympathy about nutty responses About wormholes, they're cool, if almost certainly impractical. I am really incompetent to... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 13, 2011 at 10:13 AM EST

A New Way to Use the Sun's Energy

cooling at generating plants? With all the talk about steam engines, are they using the waste heat from the condensers? If so, could this system... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 12, 2010 at 4:45 PM EDT

Green Light

Agree about CFL's Some CFL bulbs produce good quality light at 60 and 100 watt equivalents (And up to about 92 CRI on some fluorescent... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 30, 2010 at 10:44 AM EDT

Rethinking The Laptop

Complaint about operating systems? Seems to me he's complaining about bloated, do everything operating systems. Perhaps a physical rethink is... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 22, 2010 at 6:18 PM EDT

Capturing "Hot" Electrons to Double Solar Power

Device designs Need for new device designs sounds like an interesting challenge. A few words to frame/provide context so one can at least guess... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 21, 2010 at 2:13 PM EDT

Nanotubes Give Batteries a Jolt

My immediate thought also Wording almost seemed to skirt around issue. Probably reflecting the wording in the press release. Actually sounds... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 21, 2010 at 2:02 PM EDT

New Charging Method Could Slash Battery Recharge Times

Is it that hard to test? Haven't read the article, but sounds interesting. Giga hertz? And does it go through a rectifier of some sort? Could... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 11, 2010 at 10:50 AM EST

Micro Solar Cells Handle More Intense Sunlight

Solar hot water I've often wondered, given that at least 70% and as much as 90% of the incoming sunlight does NOT turn into electricity, if there... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 10, 2010 at 3:18 PM EST

A New Era of Football?

I've often wondered this. Maybe replace with leather caps to prevent abrasions. But my query is utterly unsupported with facts. I played... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 8, 2010 at 11:19 AM EST

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