Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
megawatts, which improves on the facility’s original design capability. The accelerator’s higher power provides more neutrons for researchers who use the facility to study and improve a wide range of materials for more efficient solar panels, longer lasting batteries and stronger, lighter materials for transportation.
Cars That Think
MAY 1, 2024
The use of models to show the movements of the planets and stars goes back centuries, starting with mechanical orreries that used clockwork mechanisms to depict our solar system. A modern upgrade was Clair Omar Musser’s desktop electric orrery , which he designed for the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
As the technology improves, we see it enabling solar panels that work at night as well as day, powering remote sensors. But about a decade ago, our research group at Stanford designed a material that’s remarkably efficient at sending heat out to that reservoir of cold while preventing heating from both the sun and the environment.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
So IEEE Spectrum is making one of its occasional forays into science fiction, with a short story by Karl Schroeder about the unexpected outcomes from building a computer out of planet Mercury. This strategy would also make it easier to harvest solar energy. There are materials stronger than steel, but molecular bonds have a limit.”
Green Car Congress
JUNE 2, 2014
The proposal provides guidelines for states to develop plans to meet state-specific goals to reduce carbon pollution and gives them the flexibility to design a program that makes the most sense for their unique situation. mercury and hydrogen chloride), as well as ecosystem effects and visibility impairment. state compliance) to $7.4
Setec Powerr
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
Spent lithium-ion batteries contain hazardous materials like lead, cadmium, and mercury, which, if not properly disposed of, can leach into soil and water, causing significant ecological harm. These retired batteries can effectively store energy from renewable sources like solar or wind, providing a stable power supply when needed.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 26, 2021
If the power source is limited in capacity, such as a battery, or in availability, such as a solar panel, the computer also monitors and manages power consumption. A hundred years ago, centimeter-scale tilt switches used a conductive blob of mercury rolling along a glass tube to close an electric circuit.
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