Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Clean Energy 24/7: Engineers Use Nanotechnology To Harvest Electricity “From Thin Air”

 “And since humidity is ever-present, the harvester would run 24/7, rain or shine, at night and whether or not the wind blows, which solves one of the major problems of technologies like wind or solar, which only work under certain conditions.   

Finally, because air humidity diffuses in three-dimensional space and the thickness of the Air-gen device is only a fraction of the width of a human hair, many thousands of them can be stacked on top of each other, efficiently scaling up the amount of energy without increasing the footprint of the device. Such an Air-gen device would be capable of delivering kilowatt-level power for general electrical utility usage.”

https://scitechdaily.com/clean-energy-24-7-engineers-use-nanotechnology-to-harvest-electricity-from-thin-air/

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Not Science Fiction: Brain Activity Decoder Transforms Thoughts Into Text

Interesting, but limited so far:

For example, in experiments, a participant listening to a speaker say, “I don’t have my driver’s license yet” had their thoughts translated as, “She has not even started to learn to drive yet.” Listening to the words, “I didn’t know whether to scream, cry or run away. Instead, I said, ‘Leave me alone!’” was decoded as, “Started to scream and cry, and then she just said, ‘I told you to leave me alone.’”

https://scitechdaily.com/not-science-fiction-brain-activity-decoder-transforms-thoughts-into-text/

'We have combined two marvels of modern medicine': Woman gets pig kidney and heart pump in groundbreaking procedures

Perhaps this could help FF: https://www.livescience.com/health/surgery/we-have-combined-two-marvels-of-modern-medicine-woman-gets-pig-kidney...