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Hydrogen Storage Could Be Key to Germany's Energy Plans

I've often wondered why solar hasn't been used to compress air for long term storage and distribution.  Compressed air is recognized as one of the... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:27 AM EDT

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Nuclear Reactor Aims for Self-Sustaining Fusion

Amen to that. We do seem to always default to the using the most advanced power sources to simply boil water and rotate a turbine in order to... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 25, 2010 at 12:30 PM EDT

A New Approach to Fusion

Actually engineers have had quite a few years to experiment with radiation's effects on materials. My dad sold stainless steel to the nuclear... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 31, 2009 at 7:27 AM EDT

Driving the Volt

Errata concerning Tesla The author cites Tesla motors as having only one tiny sports car costing over $100,000 and that the Volt will sell for... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 12, 2009 at 8:57 AM EDT

Mimicking Body Biosensors

errata I believe your first line of this story is in error (you may have left out the word "just"). It rather detracts from the story. (read full comment)  

Posted on October 28, 2008 at 10:00 AM EDT

What's Delaying Digital Health Records?

The ROI comes in the form of fewer medical errors (medication overdoses, inappropriate medications being prescribed) and fewer lawsuits due to... (read full comment)  

Posted on September 26, 2008 at 10:25 AM EDT

Does the U.S. Need a CTO?

Didn't we try this already? Not to put too fine a point on it, but didn't we have "Technology Czars" in the past? These well intended individuals... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM EDT

A Cool Fuel Cell

How about creating synthetic hydrocarbons by combining hydrogen with C02 taken from the air using nuclear power as the motive force? At least... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 4, 2008 at 1:58 PM EDT

Wind Power Moves into Deep Waters

Wind power at sea - how is the power transferred? One of the issues I don't see being discussed concerns the transfer of power over long distances... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 4, 2008 at 10:30 AM EDT

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Every TV an Internet TV

No kidding. My new Dell PC has an S-video out and the video is extremely crisp. Why not just plug the new box into the cable & be done with it? I... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 10, 2008 at 10:15 AM EDT

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