Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

George Porter’s flash of insight at a lighting factory On a trip to collect a mercury arc lamp for the searchlight, Porter saw flash lamps being made at a Siemens factory. In the lab, they had been using a continuous light source without much success. He needed a faster light source. The figurative lightbulb turned on.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. The receivers for optical power transmission are specialized photovoltaic cells designed to convert a single wavelength of light into electric power with very high efficiency. At the U.S.

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Power Powered BBC Solar 144

Cars That Think

JANUARY 30, 2023

Although television technology had been in development for decades, and the BBC had been airing live programs since 1929 in the United Kingdom, competing technologies and licensing disputes kept the U.S. Television waves act in many respects like light waves.” So long as you knew how light waves behaved, you were good.

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IDEA New York United Kingdom BBC 91

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 20, 2021

IEEE Spectrum has a full write up on the kit , but since that article was written Hart has come out with a revised version that's even easier to connect to a modern PC, so you can download programs without needing to toggle them in bit by bit! Chris Davis makes a terrific replica kit, the Altair-Duino.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. The following article has more info on these great electric cars: [link] — Green Machine42 1 2 Next » Add your comments. Follow the money.

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Powered by Blogrunner Previous post The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? Not good for large EV’s but great for light ones. I also wrote an article about cars and what’s good and not good. Search This Blog Previous Post: The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? Dimming the Lights to Meet Demand About Green Inc.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58