danielkhent 7 months ago

“Engineers build record-breaking wind turbine with material no one saw coming” Pretty cool. But no one thought of wood before? #renewableenergy

The Cool Down

Engineers build record-breaking wind turbine with material no one saw coming: 'It's not difficult to envision'

A Swedish company has turned to wood for a more sustainable construction material for wind turbines.

danielkhent 7 months ago

Turn Cheap Solar Marine Buoys Into Solar-Powered Meshtastic Nodes #solarpunk

Hackster.io

Stephen Heinz Turns Cheap Solar Marine Buoys Into Solar-Powered Meshtastic Nodes

Cheap solar-powered marine lights can live a new life as housings for solar-charged battery-backed Meshtastic LoRa nodes.

danielkhent 7 months ago

“Neither climate change nor meteorites – NASA confirms that the end of life on Earth will be due to loss of oxygen” finally some good news... #climatechange #science

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danielkhent 8 months ago

Photovoltaic spheres called “Sphelar by Kyosemi” that capture light from all angles Not sure if this is real. A sphere with ~20% efficiency? #renewableenergy #solarpunk

Say goodbye to solar panels - Japan is revolutionizing solar energy with photovoltaic spheres called "Sphelar by Kyosemi" that capture light from all angles

Sphelar Power Corporation

Development story - Technology - Sphelar Power Corporation

danielkhent 8 months ago

'breathing' magma cap inside Yellowstone supervolcano This cap acts like a lid that traps a significant amount of heat and pressure inside, but it appears to be porous enough to steadily release some of that pressure. #science #geology

Live Science

Scientists find

Yellowstone

danielkhent 8 months ago

Lucid Dreaming Reveals a New Layer of Conscious Brain Activity #luciddreaming

Neuroscience News

Lucid Dreaming Reveals a New Layer of Conscious Brain Activity - Neuroscience News

Lucid dreaming, where people become aware they are dreaming, has long fascinated both scientists and dreamers.

danielkhent 8 months ago

Fossil Fuels Were Less Than Half of US Electricity in March? #renewableenergy

CleanTechnica

Fossil Fuels Were Less Than Half of US Electricity in March! - CleanTechnica

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The cleantech revolution continues on — every … single &#82...

danielkhent 8 months ago

#writing

danielkhent 8 months ago

“New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times” Better Name: Vibe Positioning System (VPS) #technology #vps

Interesting Engineering

New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times

Explore the advantages of Q-CTRL's quantum navigation system that operates independently of GPS and offers unparalleled accuracy.

danielkhent 8 months ago

Massive lithium discovery beneath California's Salton Sea More tradeoffs on renewable energy and environmental impact. #renewableenergy #rareearths #environment

Newsweek

What Next for California's Salton Sea after $540bn "white gold" discovery

A lithium gold rush is erupting beneath California's Salton Sea, where a $540 billion discovery could supercharge U.S. battery independence.

danielkhent 8 months ago

Solar panels in deserts transforms ecosystems? Interesting. Not sure how credible or environmentally sound this is, but worth keeping an eye on... #renewableenergy #climatechange #solarpunk

Glass Almanac

China confirms installing solar panels in deserts irreversibly transforms the ecosystem

Solar energy has long been hailed as one of the most effective ways to combat climate change, offering a clean, renewable source of power. While mu...

danielkhent 8 months ago

danielkhent 8 months ago

"...breakthrough 3D holograms can be touched, grabbed and poked." #technology

Live Science

In a first, breakthrough 3D holograms can be touched, grabbed and poked

Futuristic holograms you can manipulate have become a reality sooner than we thought, thanks to breakthrough display.

danielkhent 8 months ago

"At the moment ... em dash enthusiasts will just have to live with the chatbot allegations." Expected fallout as folks try to identify the authentic. More to come. (Impulse to em dash successfully resisted) #AI #writing #chatgpt

'ChatGPT Hyphen': Are Em Dashes a Giveaway of AI Writing?

Viral posts and clips on social media suggest the em dash is the product of AI chatbots, with some calling the punctuation mark a 'ChatGPT hyp...

danielkhent 8 months ago

North America is Dripping from Below #geology #science

North America is Dripping from Below, Geoscientists Discover

A figure from the study showing rock dripping from the craton. The researchers hypothesize that the dripping is caused by…

danielkhent 9 months ago

#ecopsychology

danielkhent 9 months ago

"David Foster Wallace's 5 Rules For Great Writing" He's right about usage dictionaries #writing https://nofilmschool.com/david-foster-wallace-great-writing

danielkhent 9 months ago

Farmers carry out plan to ditch traditional crops in favor of 'safe' alternatives. Traditional seasonal crops such as watermelons, tomatoes, and citrus fruits are on their way out. #climatechange #agriculture

The Cool Down

Farmers carry out plan to ditch traditional crops in favor of 'safe' alternatives: 'You can no longer predict what happens'

In Turkey, increasing costs to grow crops and a more volatile climate have led many fruit and vegetable growers to switch to "safer" alternatives.

danielkhent 9 months ago

Timeless Magic of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities at 50 #literature

Literary Hub

The Timeless Magic of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities at 50

Chesterland, Ohio, 1979 I’m six years old and watching my two older brothers roll dice on the orange linoleum tiles in the basement. If I move a ...

danielkhent 9 months ago

Il n'a nulle envie De faire peur aux oiseaux Pourtant c'est un épouvantail. Lui au moins ne traine pas les pieds N'importe où. Dôgen, Sanshô Dôei. #poetry #zen

Piaille

coconatus (@coconatus@piaille.fr)

Il n'a nulle envie De faire peur aux oiseaux Pourtant c'est un épouvantail. Lui au moins ne traine pas les pieds N'importe où. Dôgen, Sanshô D...