The Solar Plane at Seville, Spain
After taking off in New York, the solar plane flew across the Atlantic Ocean and reached Seville a little over 70 hours later. During this, its 15th stage, the plane was piloted by Bertrand Piccard
junio 30, 2016
After taking off in New York, the solar plane flew across the Atlantic Ocean and reached Seville a little over 70 hours later. During this, its 15th stage, the plane was piloted by Bertrand Piccard
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The device could be a commercial alternative to the alkaline batteries and lithium-ion batteries used in portable electronic devices. The high-performance battery is long lasting and non-flammable.
Built using low-weight materials and electronics, the kites generate clean, renewable, low-cost energy. By reaching greater heights, where the wind is stronger, they produce 50% more energy.
On 20th March there was a solar eclipse, visible to a greater or lesser extent in all European countries (and in the north of Africa as well as in the north and west of Asia and the Middle East). Before this event, those responsible for the European power network spent months preparing to implement the necessary measures so that the populace and companies would not suffer the effects of this astronomical phenomenon, as the power supply across the continent is interconnected.
Jibo is the result of a successful crowdfunding campaign. Now finished, it collected 2.5 million dollars on Indiegogo, a sum which exceeded all the creators’ expectations. The design team includes Cynthia Breazeal, a pioneer in robotics and professor at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
The system could provide up to 20% of global electricity consumption, producing clean, renewable energy with no carbon dioxide emissions. Each buoy will generate between 0.5 and 1 MW/hour, a production level which makes this technology a competitive power generation system.
In many companies nowadays, mobile telephones and Internet connections have replaced almost all the functions of the old fixed networks. Moreover, some organisations have even dispensed with them completely, considering them obsolete, meaning that the smooth running of their communications systems relies on the infrastructures of the electricity and telecommunications companies.
The discovery opens up the possibility of integrating electronic devices (semiconductors) directly inside the fibre.
About a year ago a group of researchers at the Barcelona Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) showed indirectly that graphene is capable of transforming a single photon into multiple electrons. In other words, the material could be highly effective at transforming light into electricity.
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