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NORTHWESTERN RESEARCHERS INVENT AN INCREDIBLE POWER-GENERATING FUEL CELL THAT RUNS ON DIRT
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| JANUARY 18, 2024
| CHRISTOPHER PLAIN
Posted on 01/18/2024 7:30:19 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Think of these poor microbes, what happens to the microbes ?
MLM
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posted on
01/18/2024 8:23:38 AM PST
by
daku
To: Red Badger
Isn’t it more efficient to create farms of unconscious people and plug them into the grid?
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posted on
01/18/2024 8:26:54 AM PST
by
lurk
(u)
To: Red Badger
Their lead sentence from their abstract
Abstract
Human-caused climate degradation and the explosion of electronic waste have pushed the computing community to explore fundamental alternatives to the current battery-powered, over-provisioned ubiquitous computing devices that need constant replacement and recharging.
Wonder if it has to be implanted below the frost line...
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posted on
01/18/2024 8:28:14 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(A study found that women who carry a little extra weight, live longer than the men who mention it.)
To: Wuli
In sum - limited applicability. Yep. Fits in a backpack and powers your watch.
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posted on
01/18/2024 8:46:07 AM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
To: Red Badger
“NORTHWESTERN RESEARCHERS INVENT AN INCREDIBLE POWER-GENERATING FUEL CELL THAT RUNS ON DIR”
Awesome! My lot just happens to contain a YUGE amount of dirt! AND, if i run out, it’s easy enough to get plenty more!
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posted on
01/18/2024 8:56:11 AM PST
by
catnipman
(A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
To: fightin kentuckian
Since when did researchers ever invent anything the free market could use.
It happens sometimes. Sometimes by accident. For instance a Searle researcher noticed that aspartame was sweet. Another researcher noriced that the chicolate bar in his pocket melted when exposed to microwaves. Teflon was a by-product of the research related to the Apollo missions. This is not the most efficient way, but it happens. You still need someone, if not the researcher himself, to come up with the “Ah ha!” moment. Most famously, the Palo Alto RESEARCH Center came up with LOTS of great ideas. Steve Jobs recognized the potential and cashed in, but it would not have happened without the research.
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posted on
01/18/2024 8:56:54 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: fireman15
gotta love the freebee harbor freight voltmeter!
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posted on
01/18/2024 8:57:22 AM PST
by
catnipman
(A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
To: Red Badger
If they could find a way to do this with processed trash waste from compost-producing plants many county waste handling departments have gotten taxpayers to fund that would be a good thing, I guess.
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posted on
01/18/2024 9:01:19 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Red Badger
"Be back shortly, hon. Gotta run to Lowe's and buy some fuel."
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posted on
01/18/2024 9:06:37 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: Red Badger
“Solar panels don’t work well in dirty environments because they get covered with dirt”EUREKA! I've got the solution! We'll bury a fuel cell IN the dirt.
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posted on
01/18/2024 9:41:15 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: SunkenCiv
I’m waiting for one that’ll run on cat poop….
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posted on
01/18/2024 9:47:24 AM PST
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: Wuli
“limited applicability.”
Farms are going high-tech and there is a growing number of remote sensors. Maybe this could make enough power to run low-power remote sensors and RF communications.
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posted on
01/18/2024 9:57:47 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: Dr. Sivana
The point is lost on you. Researchers doing pure research are many times too myopic to see the potential in something they’ve invented. They are employed by a company to work as required.
You’ve just shown that inventions and byproducts of inventions were capitalized on by people other than the researcher. That was my point.
To: fightin kentuckian
No sir. You said, Since when did researchers ever invent anything the free market could use.
Not promote, not exploit ... invent. I gave several examples. If you meant to say something else, you should have.
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posted on
01/18/2024 10:19:02 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: aquila48
Or, another earth-shattering technological breakthrough destined to save the world multiple trillions in energy costs, never to be heard of again.
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posted on
01/18/2024 10:23:27 AM PST
by
daler
To: Dr. Sivana
Have you been a prissy libtard since you voted for biden or have you been one your entire life?
To: Red Badger
Isn’t that where ze bugs live? Gonna have to pick one or the other.
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posted on
01/18/2024 3:29:58 PM PST
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: catnipman
gotta love the freebee harbor freight voltmeter! I have half a dozen free ones from Harbor Freight... some are yellow and some are red. A couple of them quit working after a while but it is nice to have them in the cars and trucks, the workshop, or just by the breaker box.
I paid $80 for my first digital multimeter from Radio Shack in the 1970s. It still works, but the display is now all screwed up.
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posted on
01/18/2024 6:02:28 PM PST
by
fireman15
(Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
To: fireman15
my first voltmeter was a radioshack analog one with the electromechanical needle ... it probably still worked, but got tossed during a cleanout a few months ago ... have several of the freebee harbor freight ones and a couple of really good ones like Amprobe ...
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posted on
01/18/2024 6:59:51 PM PST
by
catnipman
(A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
To: catnipman
I don’t have any premium multimeters, but I have quite a few specialty meters.
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posted on
01/18/2024 10:20:25 PM PST
by
fireman15
(Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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