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Bloom Energy Promises Cheap, Emissions-Free Power From a Small Box | Popular Science - 0 views

  • The Bloom Box idea came from K.R. Sridhar, a former NASA rocket scientist who once built a similar box device to generate oxygen on Mars for future colonists. Sridhar simply turned the concept on its head by pumping oxygen into the box, along with fuel. The oxygen and fuel combine within a new type of fuel cell to create the chemical reaction that makes electricity. There's also no need for power lines coming in from an outside source, and Sridhar envisions the box eventually providing energy wirelessly to homes and businesses. That could do away with traditional power plants and the power grid. Such transformative power may only come about if the Bloom Box fuel cells can work reliably and efficiently -- other fuel cell technologies have proven notoriously finicky. Sridhar makes his fuel cells based on cheap sand-based ceramics, coated with special green and black "inks" that allow for the chemical reaction which makes electricity. One of the simple disks can power a light bulb, and a stack of 64 disks with cheap metal plates in between them can supposedly power a Starbucks. And unlike fuel cells that require pure hydrogen, the Bloom Box can use fuels ranging from natural gas to bio-gas.
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    A boxy power plant that could one day produce efficient, inexpensive, clean energy in every home might sound like a pipe dream, but it's the very real product of a Silicon Valley startup called Bloom Energy. Twenty large corporations that include Google, FedEx, Walmart and eBay have already purchased and begun testing the Bloom Boxes. 60 Minutes recently got a sneak peek at this possibly game-changing energy device.
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    Here's SOME of the "rubs". How long will the device's last and what are the maintenance costs (if any)? What will the cost of the fuel be and how much is used? Will the manufacturing process "scale up nicely" (and easily) so that "economies of scale" will actually bring the price of a home-system down to around $3-5K? Will the price of the system, its maintenance, and fuel actually come out to be significantly less than the price of "grid delivered" electricity? Without "good enough" answers to such questions, this system may be more of a good remote generation facility than a grid replacement.
Erich Feldmeier

Reitman, Yan: Cancer Eco-friendly nylon production serendipity - 0 views

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    Reitman said he and colleagues delved into the adipic acid problem based on similarities between cancer research techniques and biochemical engineering. Both fields rely on enzymes, which are molecules that convert one small chemical to another. Enzymes play a major role in both healthy tissues and in tumors, but they are also used to convert organic matter into synthetic materials such as adipic acid. One of the most promising approaches being studied today for environmentally friendly adipic acid production uses a series of enzymes as an assembly line to convert cheap sugars into adipic acid"
Naked Energy

Solar Air-Conditioning - 0 views

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    Enjoy the reasonably priced luxury of cheap, solar air-conditioning with Naked Energy as we have the exclusive rights to provide top quality Sol-Air solar air-conditioning units.
Maluvia Haseltine

Scientists Study How to Stack the Deck for Organic Solar Power - 0 views

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    A new class of economically viable solar power cells--cheap, flexible and easy to make--has come a step closer to reality as a result of recent work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where scientists have deepened their understanding of the complex organic films at the heart of the devices.
anonymous

Construct Zero - 0 views

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    A Research Center for the Development & Distribution of "Dirt Cheap Decentralized Distribution Devices" (DC3Ds)
anonymous

Growing a Recession Vegetable Garden For Almost Free - 0 views

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    How to grow a recession vegetable garden almost for free with cheap and free seeds.
Infogreen Global

Cheap portable solar panel could make electricity more accessible in the developing world - 0 views

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    For cell phone charging, the Emerald has USB and cell phone ports and will come with a bag of adapters. It can fully charge a smartphone in the same time it would take at an outlet, developers say. It recharges in full sunlight in three hours.
Intesab Husain

Shrink packaging heat gun | shrink pack hot air gun | hand-held heat shrink torch | hot... - 0 views

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    Steinel hot air gun Ultraheat SV 900 and hot air gun HL 1400S Aktion heat shrink gun suitable for quick and even flameless heat shrink packaging of PVC and PE (polyolefin) shrink films on corrugated cartons and paper boxes. For maximum benefits use Pammvi's hot air blower with surface nozzle.
Alex Parker

6 best free Windows Server management tools - 1 views

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    Having trouble with your server room? Try these free tools. Microsoft's Windows Server has been a commonplace of most companies' IT infrastructure for years, but it's not cheap keeping all that kit running. Thankfully, Microsoft and a bunch of other companies have released plenty of free tools to help IT departments manage their server room properly.
Verny Gregory

How Refurbished Electronics Can Drive Economic Growth in Egypt - 0 views

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    Egypt's economy was mainly depended on the tourism and exports of cotton, oil and gas. However, in recent times due to decline in oil prices, refurbished consumer electronics industry has emerged as a saviour to the economy. Read on, what is Egypt's advantage on the import of bulk refurbished electronics, and how these electronics can provide new channels to organisations looking to improve their IT asset management strategy, investments and the bottomline.
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