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. Any computation generates waste heat. F Solar power is exponentially more abundant at Mercury’s orbit compared with Earth’s.

Mercury 133

Mercury Solar Light Building 133

Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2022

This article was first published as "Design case history: the Commodore 64." You waste a little bit of silicon, but silicon’s pretty cheap. But this wastes 2 kilobytes of RAM. ?“A Mercury News criticized the “flashbulb effect” noticeable during the swimming event. It appeared in the March 1985 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

Engine 121

Engine Design Personal Production 121

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. Toyotas Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries are considered "non-hazardous waste" [See "high voltage electrical systems" ].

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37