Vain Prophecy
Daniel breaks everything!
Hearts included.
IBM’s HCPT Energy System Would Only Need 2% of the Sahara Desert to Supply the World with Energy
This High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal System (HCPVT) can harness the energy of 2,000 suns and provide fresh water and air conditioning in remote locations. The prototype HCPVT system under development uses a large parabolic dish, made from a multitude of mirror facets, which is attached to a tracking system that determines the best angle based on the position of the sun. Once aligned, the sun’s rays reflect off the mirror onto several microchannel-liquid cooled receivers with triple junction photovoltaic chips — each 1x1 centimeter chip can convert 200-250 watts, on average, over a typical eight hour day in a sunny region.
Read more: http://huff.to/11vTQGE
via: smartercities
futurist-foresight: A more detailed look at IBMs solar power system. (See more in this previous post).
(via futurescope)
I get it now.
I started life as a very old man. I guess you can call it “aging backwards.” A year passes, yet I only get younger, more powerful, healthier, wealthier, more intelligent and creative.
Chicago!
In like…3 Days
The Diamond Ring Effect
The Baily’s beads effect is a feature of total solar eclipses.
As the moon “grazes” by the Sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places, and not in others. The name is in honor of Francis Baily who first provided an exact explanation of the phenomenon in 1836. The diamond ring effect is seen when only one bead is left; a shining diamond set in a bright ring around the lunar silhouette.
It’s eclipse season’
(via thescienceofreality)
