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This Week in Free Energy -- January - March 2011 Notes
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March 6, 2011
- Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
Edmund
Storms on the Rossi device: “There will be a stampede.” -
Storms, a premier LENR researcher and author, talks about the about the
recent Italian cold fusion breakthrough that is going commercial, in an
excellent interview following the recent ICCF-16 conference in India. (Cold
Fusion Now; March 4, 2011)
- Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
Cold
fusion predicted in 10 yrs - At the 14th International Conference on
Cold Fusion (ICCF-14) in Chennai, India, a top US scientist, David J. Nagel
of George Washington University, said that "The first commercial LENR
device is imminent. It will become a commercial reality within 10
years;" in contrast to mainstream-supported ITER, which has cost 100
times as much and is still 40 years from practical implementation. (Deccan
Chronicle; February 25, 2011)
- Featured:
Electromagnetic
> Electrostatic
/ Magnetism
>
Rosemary
Ainslie's Magnetic Field Model - Combining symmetry, patterns
and principals of correspondence, Rosemary Ainslie developed an alternate
physics model that is able to reconcile the mass volume ratio of the proton
... She has been able to experimentally prove her concepts related to the
electromagnetic interaction by inducing more energy from a circuit than is
available from the supply, achieving COP>17 in 2002. Her latest results
point to an infinite coefficient of performance. (PESWiki; March 6,
2011)
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-
Conspiracy
> Weather
Control > Warfare
>
Ben
Livingston: The Father Of Weaponized Weather - Veteran weather
modification expert Ben Livingston is a former Navy Physicist who briefed
President Lyndon B. Johnson on the effectiveness of weather control back in
the 1960's during the Vietnam era, when he was involved in cloud seeding
programs that worked to slow down the advance of Vietnamese and Korean
troops. (YouTube / Infowars;
February 13, 2011)
February 27, 2011
- Best
Exotic FE: EVs
> Electrostatic
> Aviso
>
Overview
of Aviso Free Energy Technology (video) - Ashtweth of Panacea-BOCAF
has compiled recent video footage, adding a voice-over description, talking
about the antenna system that harvests ambient energy from the surroundings,
the repelling force, the recent coverage on Philippines Channel 7, and the
recent collaborative testing by the Department of Energy. He encourages donation
support of this breakthrough team. (YouTube / andrewg85; February 25,
2011)
- Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
EXCELLENT >> Cold
Fusion: 18 hour test excludes combustion - [Additional details and
corrections on the 18-hour test we reported on yesterday.] “In my opinion,
all chemical sources are now excluded,” physicist Giuseppe Levi told Ny
Teknik. "At night we did a measurement and the device then worked very
stable and produced 20 kilowatts." He had a peek inside the black box
to see there were no batteries. (NyTeknik; February 23, 2011)
-
Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
Cold
Fusion: It May Not Be Madness - A handful of intrepid scientists are
reigniting interest in work that was dismissed as junk science more than 20
years ago, claiming to have found a way to create more energy from less. The
most recent excitement was generated by Italians Sergio Focardi and Andrea
Rossi, who demonstrated a device that turned 400 watts of heat power into
12,400 watts. (TechNewsWorld; February 22, 2011)
- Tools
> Security
>
GPS-enabled
phones and cameras store and post photo location identification -
All you have to do is right click on such an image, and one option enables
you to get the GPS coordinates of where the camera was at the time the photo
was shot. This becomes a serious privacy and security issue to those who are
unaware of this capability and are uploading such photos to public websites
such as Facebook. (ABC; February 14, 2011)
- Oil
> Subsidies
>
Ask
World Bank to stop funding dirty fuel projects - Global financial
institutions such as the World
Bank provide subsidies to oil, gas and coal companies. Your tax dollars
may have helped the World Bank spend more than $6 billion last year on oil,
gas and coal projects in developing countries. A fraction of that money
could have put any one of many New Energy projects into the marketplace. (Changing
Power; February 24, 2011)
-
Featured:
Conspiracy
> 9/11
>
Conspirator:
Rumsfeld feigns dumb on Building 7 - In an interview with
Mancow Muller on Wednesday, Donald Rumsfeld, who was US Secretary of Defense
during the attacks of 9/11, was asked what he says to people in response to
the felling of WTC Building Seven, which wasn't hit by a plane, and the
fires were almost out, yet it fell at freefall speed. Rumsfeld answered:
"What is building 7?" ... "I have no idea. I have never heard
that." (BeforeItsNews; February 24, 2011)
-
Oil
> Ecological
Impact > Gulf
Oil Disaster > Poisonous
>
Scientist
Confirms Gulf "Oil Rain" Is Real - Leifer thinks this oil
rain is an unprecedented oil spill phenomenon - a combination of the Gulf's
high humidity and the columns of thick smoke from burning oil. "...They
showed up as if they had almost a millimeter of oil in the cloud.. and ...
when they reach land - would in fact rain oil. Air sampling that was
conducted both on a boat and by NOAA in the atmosphere showed that this
plume contained numerous toxic components." (BeforeItsNews;
February 1, 2011)
- Wind
>
Torque
vectoring gears for smaller, more efficient wind turbines - Torque
vectoring has been used in automobile differentials, allowing the amount of
power sent to each wheel to be varied. Scientists at the Technische
Universitaet Muenchen have now adapted this technology to wind turbines to
eliminate the need for converting the alternating current produced by the
turbines into direct current and back again before it is fed into the grid.
(GizMag;
February 24, 2011)
February 20, 2011
- Featured:
Fuel
Efficiency / Plasma
> GEET
>
To
GEET or not to GEET: Simple Versus Plasma - I propose
that two classifications be given: GEET Simple, which is easy to
achieve and yields improvement from pre-heating the fuel and possibly
some other pre-treatment effects, giving 5-30% improvement in
efficiency; and GEET Plasma, which is the holy grail, giving
several-fold increase in efficiency, but which is nearly impossible to
achieve. (PESN and BeforeItsNews;
February 19, 2011)
|
- Nuclear
> Fusion
>
The
Audacity of General Fusion - After months of scouring nuclear
literature, British Columbia inventor, Doug Richardson came across a
technology called magnetized target fusion that had been abandoned in the
1970s. But more had been learned since about handling plasma, and electronic
systems for controlling the experiment had advanced. Coming to the
conclusion he could make net gain happen this time by changing the ratio of
pressure and duration, he incorporated General
Fusion in 2002. (BC Business Online; February 7, 2011)
February 13, 2011
Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
Greek
TV Runs Story on Italian Cold Fusion - National Greek television has
run a story
about Rossi's cold fusion technology. "The transition within the energy
landscape is an indisputable global trend and an opportunity for Defkalion
Green Technologies. Using Rossi's Energy Catalyzer invention we have
produced an industrial applicable prototype." (Te Lefta;
February 5, 2011) [This is the first TV coverage we've seen of this
breakthrough since January 14 announcement.]
- Featured:
Waste
to Energy > GPI
>
Port
of Pasco approves Green Power Inc to return - After 1.5
years of being closed down, first for an unwarranted shut-down by the
State Ecology department later overruled by the EPA, then by the Port
of Pasco for past payment problems; today the Port commissioners voted
to allow GPI (municipal-solid-waste-to-fuel company) to renew their
lease, with 6 month pre-payment terms. (PESN; February 10,
2011)
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-
Gravity
Motors > Skeptics
>
The
Shifting-Mass Overbalanced Wheel - From the 8th century to the
present time inventors have sought to achieve perpetual motion by use of
wheels with shifting weights. None have worked, but that doesn't stop people
from using the same idea again and again, altering mechanical details, often
with incredibly complex designs. (Museum of Unworkable Devices)
-
EVs
/ Fuel
Efficiency / Air
Cars >
Air
hybrid vehicles could halve fuel consumption - New research suggests
that pneumatic or air hybrids that store braking energy as compressed air
would be much cheaper to produce than the current crop of EVs and
battery-electric hybrids and could halve the fuel consumption of ICE powered
vehicles. (Gizmag; February 7, 2011)
- Featured:
Conspiracy
>
Action:
Arrest the NWO Conspirators! - I've written an open
letter to leaders in the international freedom movement calling for
the establishment of a website that lists the key conspirators,
documents their crimes against humanity and their tyranny against
their country, and presents an arrest warrant to bring them to
justice, so that when they are seen in public people can call local
authorities to have them arrested. (BeforeItsNews; February 9,
2011)
|
- Featured:
Conspiracy
>
NWO
Conspirator's Arrest Process Under Way - A national
grand jury meeting of the Republic was held in Atlanta in January in
which they drew up charges and indictments against several
conspirators, and served them. There are elements in the military who
are standing by to arrest those individuals if they do not show up to
their hearings. Was the reading of the Declaration of Independence on
Fox prior to the Super Bowl a show of solidarity? (BeforeItsNews;
February 9, 2011)
|
-
Earth
Changes > Earth's
Magnetic Pole Shift >
Magnetic
polar shifts causing massive global superstorms - An unstoppable
magnetic pole shift that has sped up and is causing life-threatening havoc
with the world's weather. What drives planetary weather patterns is the
climate and what drives the climate is the sun's magnetosphere and its
electromagnetic interaction with a planet's own magnetic field. When the
field shifts, when it fluctuates, when it goes into flux and begins to
become unstable anything can happen. (Helium; February `4, 2011)
February 6, 2011
- Featured
/ Best
Exotic FE: EVs
> Electrostatic
>
Ismael
Aviso Self-Charging Electric Car - An inventor from the
Philippines has demonstrated a bare bones electric vehicle with an
11-kW DC motor running on just one 12-volt battery, which is kept
charged via an antennae circuitry that draws electrostatic or radio
wave energy from the surroundings. He's also developed a
super-efficient repelling force that he wants to engineer into an
engine. (PESWiki and BeforeItsNews;
February 5, 2011)
|
- Featured:
Events
> COFE
>
4th
International Conference on Future Energy (COFE) -
Upcoming SPESIF conference at the University of Maryland on March
15-17, 2011 includes plenary session organized by Tom
Valone. Topics include: emerging energy, field propulsion, fission
& fusion, space tech, energy medicine, tidal, hydrogen, solar
power, magnetic motor, zero-point energy, space power, astrosociology,
space settlement topics. (PESWiki; February 1, 2011)
|
-
Newsletters
> Future
Energy eNews > Events
>
Future
Energy eNews: January 2011 - Tom
Valone's headlines this month include: 1) Upcoming Conference on Future
Energy (COFE 4) Abstract: Water Electrolyzers and ZPE; 2) The Year in
Energy; 3) Thunderstorms Produce Antimatter; 4) Italians Claim Demonstration
of Cold Fusion; 5) TR-10 Solar Fuel
- Events
/ Cold
Fusion >
Cold
fusion turns hot, city to host meet - The 16th cold fusion research
conference will be held in the city from February 6 to 11. Called the
International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, the meet is
being organized for the first time in India. Nearly 100 international and 50
Indian scientists are expected to take part. (Times of India; January
25, 2011)
- Conspiracy
> US
Govt & Energy >
Treason:
Obama Shuts Down Power Plants Coast to Coast (video) - Alex Jones
decries recent actions and statements by Obama, cutting back on U.S. power
capabilities before alternatives are in place to handle the load, causing
power outages during dangerous winter conditions, requiring purchase of
power from outside the country from companies who have an unfair advantage,
being exempt from the rules due to insider deals. It's a terrorist act /
economic warfare brought to you by Obama. (YouTube / Infowars;
February 5, 2011)
- Weather
Control > HAARP
>
Radar
Evidence of HAARP Affecting Weather - A YouTuber named meklvin8865
uploaded a video showing the recent severe weather over the conspicuous
areas of Arkansas and surrounding areas of the New Madrid Fault Line as well
as where a recent animal die-off occurred. The video shows some obviously
man-made parallel-grid-lined radar marks in the effected areas. (BeforeItsNews;
February 3, 2011)
Jan. 30, 2011
- Featured
/ OS: Gravity
Motors >
Mikhail
Dmitriev Gravity Wheel - This Russian inventor has been
developing gravity-based power systems for years and says that the
design has been widely replicated in Russia, even powering some
houses. He says he has posted all necessary information to build the
device, in which a small amount of power input generates much greater
power output. (PESWiki and BeforeItsNews;
January 30, 2011)
|
-
Alt
Fuels > Ammonia
>
The
power to move... out of thin air - John Fleming of Texas Tech U. has
invented a $200 electrolyzer that he uses to generate hydrogen from water,
which he combines with nitrogen from air, to make ammonia using a
compression and decompression system. Ammonia is an energy-dense fuel which
can power a smaller engine compared to conventional. He claims 76%
efficiency on the electrolyzer and a final fuel cost of $1.00 per gallon! (NZ
Herald; December 11, 2010)
- Solar
/ Water
/ Alt
Fuels >
New
Reactor Paves The Way For Efficiently Producing Fuel From Sunlight -
Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina
Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide-or
ceria-and it is the centerpiece of a promising new technology developed by
Haile and her colleagues that concentrates solar energy and uses it to
efficiently convert carbon dioxide and water into fuels. (Energy Daily;
January 21, 2011)
-
Fuel
Efficiency > Vehicles
> Gasoline
>
Volkswagen
to unveil 261 mpg XL1 prototype in Qatar - Volkswagen will unveil a
vehicle at the Qatar Motor Show this week that, according to the company,
consumes only 0.9 liter of gasoline at every 100 km (261 mpg), surpassing
the vision dreamed in 2000 of creating a practical everyday use production
car with a fuel consumption of 1.0 liter per 100 km, accomplished in 2002. (Gizmag;
January 25, 2011)
-
Fuel
Efficiency > Hydraulics
>
Chrysler
announces development of hydraulic hybrid technology for cars -
Chrysler has announced a partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency to design and develop an experimental hydraulic hybrid powertrain
(storing energy from braking and the engine into hydraulic pressure)
suitable for use in large passenger cars and light-duty vehicles, with the
aim of having a demonstration minivan sometime during 2012. (Gizmag;
January 26, 2011)
- Featured:
Conspiracy
> Alex
Jones >
History
Channel on Bohemian Grove Decoded - On January 28,
2011, the History Channel aired a show by Brad Meltzer and the
"Decoded" team about the Bohemian Grove in California,
cloaked by the Redwood forest and very serious security for this
extension of the Skull and Bones life-long fraternity of Yale – the
modern equivalent of pirates with suits and ties, who are among the
world's elite. (PESWiki and BeforeItsNews;
January 30, 2011)
|
Jan. 23, 2011
- Featured
/ Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion >
Directory:
Andrea A. Rossi Cold Fusion Generator - Feature page at
PESWiki for collecting material from around the web regarding Italian
inventor, Andrea Rossi's energy amplifier, which produces useful power
from the apparent fusion of hydrogen and nickel into copper at
relatively low temperatures and pressures. They claim to be going into
production with a 10 kW industrial product that is reliable, safe, and
cheap. (PESWiki; January 17, 2011)
|
-
Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
Rossi
and Focardi LENR Device: Celani Report - New Energy Times has posted
a first-person report from Francesco Celani, a physicist with the Instituto
Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics).
"The energy gain is a factor of 15-20, which is really large!" (New
Energy Times; January 18, 2011)
-
Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
Rossi
and Focardi LENR Device: Probably Real, With Credit to Piantelli -
Steven Krivi, of New
Energy Times, which specializes in Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR)
[used to be 'cold fusion'] research, expresses new confidence about the
Rossi-Focardi device; and gives some history behind the science and politics
involved in the intellectual property. "I am upgrading my skepticism to
cautious optimism." (New Energy Times; January 19, 2011)
-
Hydrogen
/ Plasma
> Blacklight
> New
>
Time-Resolved
Hydrino Continuum Transactions with Cutoffs at 22.8 nm and 10.1 nm
(pdf) - A new scientific paper by R.L. Mills, Y. Lu has been posted -
"The temporal evolution of the continuum emission supports the
mechanism of H+ e- recombination to form high-density H. This transient
state permits interactions amongst H's to cause the hydrino transitions and
corresponding emission." (Blacklight Power; January 19, 2011)
-
FIRST ENGLISH-SPEAKING MAINSTREAM COVERAGE
Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
Italian
scientists claim to have demonstrated cold fusion - Italian
scientists Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi announced that they developed a
cold fusion device capable of producing 12,400 W of heat power with an input
of just 400 W. Last Friday, the scientists held a private invitation press
conference in Bologna, attended by about 50 people, where they demonstrated
what they claim is a nickel-hydrogen fusion reactor. (PhysOrg;
January 20, 2011)
-
Best
Exotic FE: Nuclear
> Cold
Fusion > Rossi
>
Cold
Fusion Claims Resurface - Discovery's coverage of the Italian
breakthrough is even more pathetic that Popular Science, saying
"Pons and Fleischmann ... remain adamant that their research was valid,
though no one has been able to reproduce their findings"; when it has
been reproduced roughly 17,000 times. Mainstream publications are digging
their grave by such ridiculous idiocy. (Discovery; January 21, 2011)
-
Nature
>
New
Term "Atmospheric Rivers" Tells of Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream
Currents - A recent article published January 15th by NOAA speaks of
a super-storm threat to California. Scientists say a plausible super-storm
that could devastate California would be fed by an "atmospheric
river" moving water at the same rate as 50 Mississippi rivers. It is
driven by a large coronal hole on the Sun that has opened up releasing large
amounts of charged particles. (EarthChangesMedia; January 16, 2011)
-
Storage
> Batteries
/ EVs
>
New
Materials Could Double Chevy Volt Battery Capacity - The Chevy Volt
is set to become even more appealing as GE announced it is working on a new
generation of batteries with double the energy-storage capacity. GM’s
licensed battery-electrode materials developed at Argonne National
Laboratory (a U.S. Department of Energy lab) use mixed-metal oxides that not
only increase storage capacity, but improve the safety and durability of car
batteries. (Inhabitat; January 17, 2011)
-
Conspiracy
>
Assange's
Motive is to Take Down US says Numbers Lady - While most in the
alternative media see Assange in more of a heroic light, for bringing dark
things to our attention; numerologist, Glenys McCants, says that his driving
motives are not heroic, but rather that he is a troublemaker, trying to
embarrass the US and hopefully even bring it down. (BeforeItsNews;
January , 2011)
Jan. 16, 2011
- Feature:
Donate
to PES Network / Green
Power Inc. >
Hopefully
last call for donations - I thought by now that we at
PES would never again need to pass the hat because of all the
incredible things happening in the free energy sector. Oh so close,
but not quite there yet. Meanwhile, we really appreciate your
contributions. We know this is a challenging time for everyone. (PESN;
January 13, 2011)
|
-
Waste
to Energy > GPI
>
Green
Power seeks new lease in Pasco - Port of Pasco commissioners on
Tuesday were skeptical of a claim by Green Power owner Michael Spitzauer
that "things are different this time." The commissioners called a
special meeting to hear a proposal from Spitzauer, whose company was evicted
in September from property it leased at the port, to cut a new deal for a
six-month, prepaid lease. (The News Tribune; and Tri-City
Herald; WA; January 12, 2011)
- Featured:
Conspiracy
> Suppression
>
Power
Addiction and Co-Dependency - The powers that be are on
the late stages of addiction, becoming ever more blatant in their
power grab. And the co-dependent slaves are likewise becoming more
egregious in making excuses for and covering up for their masters. The
unraveling economic meltdown is the collective hitting the wall. Can
we intercede? (PESN; January 10, 2011)
|
-
Nature
/ Global
Warming >
It
has begun.. Arctic Apocalypse - Whatever the cause, world climates
are going nuts, with 1000-year storms back to back across the planet. While
some areas have record lows, the arctic has been unusually warm, spelling
disaster as the ice caps thin. Ice cubes left outside in the Arctic on
January 4, 2011 melted. Collection of info says we are now at the tipping
point. (BeforeItsNews; January 8, 2011)
-
Coal
>
Australian
floods may send coal prices soaring - Epic floods sweeping Australia
could seriously limit the world's coal supplies, driving up prices and
raising inflationary pressures throughout the global economy. The huge
northeastern state of Queensland, now largely under water, provides half the
world's needs for coking coal used in the steel-making industry. (Energy
Daily; January 5, 2011)
-
Solar
/ Nanotech
> R&D
>
MIT:
Get Lots of Solar Energy in a Little Light - Researchers at MIT will
use a way to concentrate sunlight so they can get a more powerful solar
energy -- up to 100 times than current traditional photovoltaic cells. They
use a solar funnel with carbon nanotubes - hollow tubes made of carbon atoms
to capture and focus light energy. The drawback is the price of carbon
nanotubes. (Solar Energy Utilize; January 11, 2011)
-
Storage
> Capacitors
>
New
Lithium-Ion Ultracapacitor Can Charge Tools In Under 60 Seconds -
New York-based company Ioxus
has developed a new type of lithium ion ultracapacitor that can potentially
deliver large amounts of energy in a small amount of time. This makes them
ideal for items that require large amounts of power for acceleration, energy
capture, or ‘high power application’ – such as power tools. (Inhabitat;
January 13, 2011)
-
Trends
/ EVs
> Electric
Cars >
VIDEO:
Inhabitat Sees Green at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show! - 2011 seems to
be the year of the electric car! From super-sexy electric race cars (from
Porsche), to a retina-searing electric yellow sports cars (from Mercedes),
to practical electric commuter cars (like the Ford Focus EV and Ford C-MAX
Hybrid), nearly every major car manufacturer at the Detroit Auto Show this
year unveiled a new electric car or a new hybrid. (Inhabitat; January
15, 2011)
-
Human
Powered > Kinetic
> Step
Action >
nPower
PEG Charges Your Gadgets as You Walk - The nPower®
PEG is the world’s 1st charger for hand-held electronics that captures
and stores the kinetic energy you generate while walking, running, or
biking. The science behind the technology is based on the Faraday Principle
and Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, receving multiple patents, yet
is simple to use. (Inhabitat; January 5, 2011)
Jan. 9, 2011
- Free
Energy > Videos
>
The
new FreeEnergy.TV site is live! - It's ready for you good folks to
start posting your favourite Free Energy clips to. It's easy to add your
favourite YouTube clips: just login, post the URL, a short description, etc
and new clips will appear on the front page in date order. Or upload a
never-before-seen clip. (FreeEnergyTruth;
January 8, 2011)
- Featured:
Anti-Gravity
>
Historical
Gravity Engineering - Control of gravity is commonly held to
be a technology of the future. Tim
Harwood M.A. , a specialist technology historian, believes the answers
once again lie in the past. The technology has been deliberately withheld,
because in the past humanity abused the power that comes with gravity
control. (PESWiki; January , 2011)
-
Radio
/ Organizations
> WITTS
>
Live
WITTS Show Wednesday Nights, 10PM ET - The eccentric company that
claims some 100 free energy technologies writes: "As a friend of WITTS,
you are invited to tune in to the weekly live video broadcast..., including
a live Q&A session (so bring your questions). An archive of the show
will be posted." (PESWiki; January 4, 2011)
-
Wind
>
Massive
Energy-Generating Wind Tower Proposed for Japan - Japan-based ZENA
Systems is developing a new type of wind energy generator that will
dwarf anything before it. The 50 meter-tall hexagonal building essentially
acts as a huge scoop that compresses wind from all directions and then runs
the rushing air through a series of ground-based generators. (Inhabitat;
January 6, 2011)
-
Magnets
> Vulnerabilities
>
Undermining
China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Elements - Molycorp has secured the
permits and funding needed to restart production at a mine in Mountain Pass,
California, that would become the first U.S. source of rare earth elements
in more than a decade. The mine is one of the world's richest deposits of
these elements, which are critical for making components found in a wide
range of technologies. (MIT Technology Review; December 22, 2010)
-
Solar
> Thin
Film > Dye
Sensitized >
Oxford
develops affordable thin-film solar tech - An innovative OU (Oxford
University) company has developed new solar cell technology that is
manufactured from cheap, abundant, non-toxic and non-corrosive materials and
can be scaled to any volume. Oxford PV predicts that manufacturing costs
will be around 50% less than the current lowest-cost thin film technology. (PhysOrg;
January 6, 2011)
-
Wireless
Transmission >
GM
Invests in Wireless Charging Technology - GM announced it is
investing $5 million in PowerMat, which uses inductive charging,
transmitting electricity via magnets without any actual, physical
connection. The PowerMat will be placed on the center console in the front
and there will be a mat placed for the rear passengers too. (Gas 2.0;
January 6, 2011)
Jan. 2, 2011
-
Best
Exotic FE / Zeitgeist
> Trends
>
Trends
Research predictions for 2011 -- Teaser (pdf) - In the midst of some
dire predictions, the much-revered Gerald Celente's upcoming journal teaser
says: "In laboratories and workshops unnoticed by mainstream analysts,
scientific visionaries and entrepreneurs are forging a new physics
incorporating principles once thought impossible, working to create devices
that liberate more energy than they consume...." (Trends Research;
December 2010)
-
Fuel
Efficiency > Retrofits
>
Jet
Stream™ Electric Supercharger - This ebook shows how, for less
than $100 USD, and with minimal mechanical skill, you can build and install
this Supercharger, capable of up to 24,500 rpm; which will deliver a 5-30%
boost in horsepower throughout the entire RPM band, "guaranteed,"
while also improving mileage 10% or more on most any vehicle. (eSuperchargers;
[Dec. 27, 2010])
-
Conspiracy
/ Suppression
>
Inventor
James Walbert unwanted implant case first to court (audio interview)
- Inventor James Walbert had tracking implants embedded in his body by an
associate who boasted to intend to use it to try and take over his
technology. Validated by a medical doctor and private investigator, this
electronic harrassment case is going to be heard in federal court -- the
first of its kind. (Achieve Radio / Cash Flow; September 21, 2010)
(See Google)
Trends
/ Zeitgeist
/ Fuel
Efficiency / EVs
>
Top
5 Green Transportation Trends of 2010 - For green transportation, 2010
marked the real and true beginning of fundamental changes in the way people get
around. Here are five stories about new ground broken in green transportation,
including 1) re-arrival of electric car; 2) racing going green; 4) 40 mpg
becoming the norm; 5) shipping getting cleaner. (Gas 2.0; December 31,
2010)
-
Storage
> Batteries
> Air
>
IBM
Projects Holographic Phones, Air-Driven Batteries - A survey of
3,000 IBM scientists predicts that by 2015 we will be using mobile phones
that will project a 3D holographic image of callers. They have also
predicted that batteries would move beyond lithium-ion construction to more
energy-dense materials, greatly increasing their power capacity and allowing
them to recharge by ‘breathing’ the air around them. (EWeekEurope;
December 24, 2010)
- Solar
> PV
> R&D
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Solar
powered microchips put batteries in the shade - In a new, more
efficient approach to solar powered microelectronics, researchers in China
have produced a microchip which directly integrates photovoltaic cells. What
sets this device apart is that high-efficiency solar cells are placed
straight onto the electronics, producing self-sufficient, low-power devices
which are highly suitable for industrial serial production and can even
operate indoors. (GizMag; December 30, 2010)
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Last updated March 13, 2011
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