Category: Energy Storage

Semiliquid battery competitive with both Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors

Source: Semiliquid battery competitive with both Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors

Posted: May 23, 2015 in Energy, Storage

The House just passed a bill about space mining. The future is here. – The Washington Post

e quick to point out that the bill doesn’t do anything to curtail the FAA Source: The House just passed a bill about space mining. >>>

Posted: May 22, 2015 in Space

Genetically-engineered yeast is the future of flavor

Why does grape candy taste so fake? What on earth is blue raspberry, anyway? And what is the difference between natural and artificial, at least >>>

Posted: May 22, 2015 in Biological

NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones – The Intercept

The NSA and its partners developed a top-secret method to infect smartphones with spyware through Google and Samsung app servers, Snowden documents reveal. Source: NSA >>>

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Computer, Security

Ukrainian forces says two drones shot down over war zone are Russian | World news | The Guardian

Captured drones appear to be further evidence of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine conflict Source: Ukrainian forces says two drones shot down over war zone are >>>

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Gadgetry, Military, Robotics

Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1 percent

Source: Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1 percent

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Energy, Solar

Hundreds of tech companies line up to oppose TPP trade agreement | US news | The Guardian

Letter signed by more than 250 companies demands greater transparency and says ‘dangerously vague’ language would criminalise whistleblowers Source: Hundreds of tech companies line up >>>

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Editorial

New ‘deep learning’ technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and error

Source: New ‘deep learning’ technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and error

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Gadgetry, Robotics

These New Greaseless Bearings Can Spin Virtually Forever

They just keep going and going and going and going Source: These New Greaseless Bearings Can Spin Virtually Forever

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Gadgetry

First images of collisions at 13 TeV | CERN

Last night, protons collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking energy of 13 TeV for the first time. These test collisions were to set up systems >>>

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Physics