Daniel Khent - Nostr Hypermedia

Boeing Has Patented a Plasma 'Force Field' to Protect Against Shock Waves But will it keep the snow off the house and driveway? #science #technology

ScienceAlert

Boeing Has Patented a Plasma 'Force Field' to Protect Against Shock Waves

As weapons get more sophisticated, researchers are trying to build defence systems that can keep pace, and what’s better than a force field? Aer...

danielkhent 2 days ago

largest liquid air energy storage system on Earth #renewableenergy

Goodbye to coal and lithium: They are building the largest liquid air energy storage system on Earth

danielkhent 1 week ago

“Generally, building sustainably means building with a carbon footprint in mind, and engineering creative solutions to keep that footprint small.” Not so sure about buildings being the largest emitter but they are gassy. #climatechange #architecture

MSN

danielkhent 1 week ago

Microgrids. Small installations of solar panels and battery storage were used for disaster recovery in Western NC #renewableenergy

North Carolina League of Conservation Voters

Microgrids Ready to Aid Recovery and Resilience

A winter storm with the potential to create widespread power outages swept through NC, but a new tool is aiding recovery and resilience.

danielkhent 2 weeks ago

#writing

danielkhent 2 weeks ago

Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 I guess running an LLM is out. #vintagecomputing

Tom

Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 — Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later

See it get programmed and play

danielkhent 3 weeks ago

BLM yanks American Prairie bison grazing leases This is sad. Bison are good for the land. And of course innately mythical. #ecopsychology https://dailymontanan.com/2026/01/16/burgum-yanks-american-prairie-bison-grazing-leases/

danielkhent 3 weeks ago

Why Is the World Losing Color? #visualarts

Why Is the World Losing Color?

The rise of Chromophobia...

danielkhent 0 months ago

Buddhist monks peace-walking from Texas to DC persist even after being run over on highway outside Houston Advertisement for #peace

Fortune

Buddhist monks peace-walking from Texas to DC persist even after being run over on highway outside Houston | Fortune

One of the monks had “substantial leg injuries” and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Houston, Dayton Interim Police Chief Shane Burleig...

danielkhent 1 month ago

“This Company Wants to Sell You Sunlight at Night From Space” Lights My Way #technology #scifi

VICE

This Company Wants to Sell You Sunlight at Night From Space

Reflect Orbital will use a satellite with a mirror on it to reflect sunlight to a specific location on Earth.

danielkhent 1 month ago

Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create ‘invisibility cloaks’ At least from magnetic field sensing bad guys. #technology #scifi

The Brighter Side of News

Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create 'invisibility cloaks'

New research shows magnetic cloaks can be built for real-world shapes using superconductors and soft magnets.

danielkhent 1 month ago

CO2 Battery Designed To Store Renewable Energy Holds the equivalent CO2 of 15 round-trip flights between New York and London on a Boeing 777. Note, not a carbon capture play. #renewableenergy

ZME Science

This Giant Inflatable Dome Is Actually a CO2 Battery Designed To Store Renewable Energy For a Full Day. Here’s How It Works

By compressing and expanding carbon dioxide, this unusual battery solves one of renewable energy’s toughest reliability problems.

danielkhent 1 month ago

Polar bears face very high extinction risk this century. Some populations show genetic changes that may help them in warmer, less icy environments. #climatechange

RSE Magazine

Les ours polaires s'adaptent au changement climatique au niveau génétique – et cela pourrait les aider à éviter l'extinction

L'océan Arctique atteint des températures inégalées depuis 125 000 ans, menaçant les ours polaires d'extinction d'ici 2050.

danielkhent 1 month ago

A startup claims to have discovered a previously unknown geothermal system in western Nevada with no surface manifestations using AI Interesting, but untested #renewableenergy #geothermal

WIRED

A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy

Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by indu...

danielkhent 5 months ago

“If AI takes most of our jobs, money as we know it will be over. What then?” #postscarcity

The Conversation

If AI takes most of our jobs, money as we know it will be over. What then?

AI’s evangelists are promising a future of almost unimaginable prosperity. There’s good reason to be sceptical.

danielkhent 7 months ago

“Ranxerox a New York” - Stefano Tamburini / Tanino Liberatore “powerhouse of violence, drugs, obscenity, graphic erotica, amorality, and provocations of all kinds” #NowReading #book

Retrofuturista

Ranxerox by Tamburini, Liberatore, Chabat, review - RetroFuturista

Ranxerox is a satire of contemporary society highlighting the violent and sadistic elements inherent in it.

danielkhent 8 months ago