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Featured Technologies
January - March 2007
Listing of headlines that appeared at the top of the
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Featured Technologies from January - March 2007
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Magnetic
Resonance Amplifier - Device is based on the idea that matter
can be converted to energy by resonating the matter. With
low-level ultrasonic input signals, the device allegedly produces
usable direct current power at levels above unity. (PESWiki)
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Engines
> Linear
Combustion Electromagnetic Engines - Index of designs and
companies promoting designs in which a lineaer two-piston system drives
magnets by induction coils to generate electricity, so that the output
energy of combustion is electricity, not torque. (PESWiki; Mar. 22) |
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Thermal
Electric / Solar
> Ergenics
- Developing a metal hydride heat engine that converts solar hot water
into electricity for an estimated cost of less than 1’ per kilowatt hour.
The solar panels produce hot water which is pumped to a hydrogen
compressor, that compresses a gas that is then expanded in a hydraulic
motor-generator set that produces electricity. (PESWiki; Mar. 21) |
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Magnetism > Quadratic
Magnet Gate - When a small magnet is placed into the entrance of a
quadratic magnet set-up, it shoots forward. No front-end loading
apparent, with work applied by magnets, illustrates that magnets can be a
source of free energy, like the wind. (PESWiki; Mar. 20) |
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Magnet
Motors > Mac
McCarthy Magnet Motor - Florida inventor claims to have an
all-magnet motor (no fuel input) prototype ready to launch into the
process of engineering for production. He is looking for partners and
funding. (PESWiki; Mar. 20) |
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Global
Warming > The
Global Warming Swindle - Documentary produced in England destroys
the arguments put forward by Al Gore and other activists who lay the
primary blame for Global Warming at the feet of mankind. The sun is
the culprit. (PESN; Mar. 19) |
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Batteries
> A123
Systems lithium-ion battery technology - A123 replaces the cobalt
oxide in lithium-ion cells with nanophosphate, enabling a quick charge,
while delivering high power density, with a long life-time. Is used in
power tools, and is process of breaking into hybrid vehicle market. (PESWiki;
March 16) |
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Engines
> Ambient
Air > Generator
from Ambient Air by Kim Zorzi - Inventor from Ultralight America
proposes a multicylinder air type engine, which is different from previous
systems in that it has a regenerative tank. Zorzi alleges that this will
enable the system to repressurize itself, drawing its energy from ambient
air heat. (PESWiki; Mar. 12) |
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Solar
> Concentrated
> Cool
Earth Solar - Company has developed an inflatable solar
concentrator technology that slashes materials costs, making solar farms
competitive with commercial electricity generation systems within three
years. (PESWiki; Mar. 10) |
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Ocean
Wave > GyroWaveGen
- Innovation uses a gyroscopic flywheel to provide the stationary position
against which the oscillations of the wave motion can then be converted to
usable energy. Owners of 1982 patent now looking to take improved
design to market. (PESWiki; Mar. 10) |
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Tools > Crackpots
and Genius - New energy pioneers are often also involved in
pushing the envelop in other areas of life. Such involvement should not be
shunned but should serve as a sign that someone is cut out to launch a
revolutionary technology -- practiced at withstanding the heat. (PESN;
Mar. 8) |
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Milkovic-Berrett
Secondary Oscillator Generator - Brian Berrett of Lehi, Utah has
built a two-wheel device that uses the two-stage mechanical oscillator
principle set forth by Veljko
Mikovic. His crude prototype demonstrates more electrical output
derived from the secondary wheel than the electrical input required to
maintain the primary pendulum oscillation on the first wheel. (PESWiki;
Mar. 3) |
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Solar
> Steven
E. Jones Solar Funnel for Cooking - Prof. Jones
(of 9/11-demolition fame) presents a method for building a cooking device
that is safe and low-cost, easy to make, yet very effective in capturing
the sun's energy for cooking and for pasteurizing water. Requires
cardboard, tin foil, black paint, and a mason jar. (PESWiki; Mar.
3) |
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Thermal
Electric >
- Charles
M. Brown Chip Update - Patent describes a chip which absorbs
heat directly while producing electrical power. "The invention
comprises an array of very many very small diodes in uniform alignment
parallel, imbedded in a microchip. A mature design of 100,000,000,000
diodes per square centimeter ... would produce ~100 watts per square
centimeter." (PESWiki; Feb. 27)
- Nova
Thermal Electric Chips - Salt Lake company is in late R&D
stage in bringing forward an efficient, low-heat conversion to
electricity method. (PESWiki; Feb. 27)
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Political
Action > Promoting
New Energy in D.C. - New Energy Movement vice president, Steve
Kaplan, recently returned from spending a month and a half briefing
various Congressional offices regarding new energy technologies and
promoting legislation that would support new energy. (PESN; Feb.
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SEG
> Searl
Proof of Concept Video Posted - Mock-up completion marks the first
time since 1968 that a roller has rotated about a ring continuously. To be
followed in a few months by a full 15 kW SEG generator capable of cheaply
and safely producing electricity without fuel, pollution, friction, or
noise. (PESN; Feb. 21) |
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Electromagnetic
> Modified
Bedini Cole Window motor - Mike (HMM) has posted a demonstrated
video of a device which quickly became buzzed as "overunity,"
but he does not claim it to be such. Complete instructions
provided. Many researchers presently seeking to replicate the
effect. (PESWiki; Feb. 15) |
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Crystal
Ion Air Turbine Engine - Engine resurrected from the '60s by Ron
Rockwell is said to run totally on ambient air. Newly announced, not
yet verified. (PESWiki; Feb. 12) |
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Wireless
transmission of electricity - Encyclopedic entry about wireless
energy transfer -- the process that takes place in any system where
electromagnetic energy is transmitted from a power source to an electrical
load, without interconnecting wires. (PESWiki; Feb. 5) |
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Wind
> Vertical
Axis > TMA
> Will
TMA Wind Blow Away the Competition? - Vertical axis wind turbine
technology with concentrating air foils enables TMA to compete with the
best horizontal turbine costs at lower wind speeds, while the return on
investment is even greater at higher wind speeds, where the horizontal
turbines have to shut down. Other advantages are many. (PESN
exclusive; Feb. 1) |
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Fuel
Efficiency > Retrofits
> Tectane:
H20 Injector and Aquahol - The H2O Injector is presented as an
inexpensive add-on device for car engines which reduces emissions and
increases mileage up to 40%, and can allow cars to run on 75-octane
gasoline or ethanol fuels. Aquahol is the separate injection of 80%
ethanol and 20% water. Drawbacks? (PESWiki; Jan. 30) |
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Wind > Wind
Farm Review - Wind farms present an economy of scale along with an
efficiency factor that enable them to produce electricity in the price
range of conventional energy sources, and hence compete with conventional
grid power. (PESWiki; Jan. 28) |
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> Walt
Rosenthal Departs - New energy researcher who tested a wide range
of devices, encouraging with due diligence, will be missed. Memorial
services to be held Jan. 27 in Santa Maria, California. (PESWiki;
Jan. 25) |
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Efficiency > BioPerformance
> Fuel
Additive Vindicated - Federal Test Procedure and Highway Fuel
Economy Test protocols of the Environmental Protection Agency show that
BioPerformance fuel additive increases mileage and decreases emissions,
contrary to Texas Attorney General accusations that shut down the company
last May. (PESN; Jan. 23) |
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Geothermal
> MIT
Releases Major Report on Geothermal Energy (Sat., Jan. 27, 6:00 - 6:55
pm Eastern, live) - A
comprehensive new MIT-led study of the potential for geothermal energy
within the United States has found that mining the huge amounts of heat
that reside as stored thermal energy in the Earth's hard rock crust could
supply a substantial portion of the electricity the United States will
need in the future, probably at competitive prices and with minimal
environmental impact. (PESN; Jan. 22) |
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| Magnets
> Organic
Magnets Open Vast Possibilities - Researchers at the University of
Victoria have discovered new lightweight magnets that could be used in
making everything from extra-thin magnetic computer memory to ultra-light
spacecraft parts. "Suppose you want to make a particular shape of
magnet these magnets could be dissolved in solution and shaped into a
different form." (PESN; Jan. 17) |
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| PAC > Support
H.R.6 Today -- U.S. Clean Energy Act of 2007 - One of the top
agenda items of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is to cut Big Oil tax breaks
and recover billions in unpaid royalties -- money that the industry owes
the federal government for drilling on our public lands. These funds will
be invested in efficiency and renewable energy. A vote is scheduled
to take place Thurs., Jan. 18. (Defenders of Wildlife; Jan. 17) |
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Waste-to-Energy / Plasma
> StarTech
Environmental Corp - Startech is the only publicly traded
waste-to-energy plasma arc technology company in the world. They presently
have three 5 ton/day installations in operation, with a number of other
plants in various stages of implementation. A 200 ton/day plant being
scheduled for Panama will be the largest such plant in the world. (PESWiki;
Jan. 15) |
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Ruggero's Atkinson-Cycle Rotary Engine - Rotary engine design by
Italian inventor uses the Atkinson cycle to combine the best attributes of
Wankel rotaries and piston engines. Half the size of a conventional
engine, it produces 30% more power and uses 10% less fuel. (PESWiki;
Jan. 14) |
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| Electromagnetic
> Donald
Sitler's Permanent Magnet Motor - Prototype allegedly uses modest
electrical input to convert magnetic force into motion. Test rig shown in
video runs on about 1.44 watts, turning at about 400 rpm. It uses
neodymium permanent magnets in the stator and rotor. (PESWiki; Jan.
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| Hydro > Beck
Mickle "low head" micro hydro generator - Scottish
inventor, Ian Gilmartin, has invented a mini water wheel capable of
supplying enough electricity to power a house from as little as an
eight-inch water fall. The contraption is designed to be used in small
rivers or streams. (PESWiki; Jan. 3, 2007) |
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See also
Archived by Sterling
D. Allan May 3, 2007
Last updated May 04, 2007
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