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MIT proof-of-concept demo of ionic wind propulsion for aircraft

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In this way, the batteries supply electricity at 40,000 volts to positively charge the wires via a lightweight power converter. And in the 1970s, it reported claims that a hydrogen-powered aircraft could take to the skies by the end of the twentieth century.). EAD airplane design. a, Computer-generated rendering of the EAD airplane.

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MIT team outlines path to low-cost solar-to-fuels devices; the artificial leaf

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The new analysis follows up on 2011 research that produced a proof of concept of an artificial leaf—a small device that, when placed in a container of water and exposed to sunlight, would produce bubbles of hydrogen and oxygen. volts, is insufficient to power the water-splitting reaction, which needs more than 1.2 Earlier post.)

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