Friday, September 22, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
printed solar panel
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/australia-kickstarts-green-future-with-printed-solar-panel-sites/news-story/1c6d24ad91d45eb0c67b253852e3172a
Costing less than $10 per square metre to make, the panels can be manufactured rapidly and transported easily.
On a commercial scale, it would take just 10 printers operating around the clock to produce enough solar panels to power 1000 homes for a day.
Beyond powering houses and cities, there was potential for this new technology to assist in emergency situations, with solar cells printed on demand and sent to disaster zones to power relief efforts.
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Hyperloop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
After earlier envisioning Hyperloop, Musk assigned a dozen engineers from Tesla Motors and SpaceX who worked for nine months, establishing the conceptual foundations and creating the designs for the transportation system.[97][98] An early design for the system was then published in a whitepaper posted to the Tesla and SpaceX blogs.[99][100][101] Musk's proposal, if technologically feasible at the costs he has cited, would make travel cheaper than any other mode of transport for such long distances. The alpha design was proposed to use a partial vacuum to reduce aerodynamic drag, which it is theorized would allow for high-speed travel with relatively low power, with certain other features like air-bearing skis and an inlet compressor to reduce air drag. The alpha design document estimated the total cost of an LA-to-SF Hyperloop system at US$6 billion, but this amount is speculative.[102]
In June 2015, Musk announced a design competition for students and others to build Hyperloop pods to operate on a SpaceX-sponsored mile-long track in a 2016 Hyperloop pod competition. That track is currently under construction and the competition is slated for August 2016.[103]
https://youtu.be/6x_IB45ySAQ
https://youtu.be/7A7GsAPR3J0
Hyperloop
See also: Hyperloop and Hyperloop pod competition
On August 12, 2013, Musk unveiled a concept for a high-speed transportation system incorporating reduced-pressure tubes in which pressurized capsules ride on an air cushion driven by linear induction motors and air compressors.[95] The mechanism for releasing the concept was an alpha-design document that, in addition to scoping out the technology, outlined a notional route where such a transport system might be built: between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area.[96]After earlier envisioning Hyperloop, Musk assigned a dozen engineers from Tesla Motors and SpaceX who worked for nine months, establishing the conceptual foundations and creating the designs for the transportation system.[97][98] An early design for the system was then published in a whitepaper posted to the Tesla and SpaceX blogs.[99][100][101] Musk's proposal, if technologically feasible at the costs he has cited, would make travel cheaper than any other mode of transport for such long distances. The alpha design was proposed to use a partial vacuum to reduce aerodynamic drag, which it is theorized would allow for high-speed travel with relatively low power, with certain other features like air-bearing skis and an inlet compressor to reduce air drag. The alpha design document estimated the total cost of an LA-to-SF Hyperloop system at US$6 billion, but this amount is speculative.[102]
In June 2015, Musk announced a design competition for students and others to build Hyperloop pods to operate on a SpaceX-sponsored mile-long track in a 2016 Hyperloop pod competition. That track is currently under construction and the competition is slated for August 2016.[103]
https://youtu.be/6x_IB45ySAQ
https://youtu.be/7A7GsAPR3J0
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