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Lights On but Nobody Home: Behind the Fake Buildings that Power Chicago
Chicago offers a panorama of architectural marvels. So many icons that you usually have to live here before you start noticing structures that are not famous and important, but merely intriguing and fun. Such as the charming little fake buildings that electrical company Commonwealth Edison puts up to camouflage its substations.
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Ball Lightning isn't just a myth, it's real and has been recorded for the first time ever...
For centuries, people have reported seeing luminous, spherical orbs during storms — a phenomenon known as “ball lightning”.
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Wireless electricity? It's here
Katie Hall was shocked the second she saw it: a light-bulb glowing in middle of a room with no wires attached. Looking back, it was a crude experiment, she remembers: a tiny room filled with gigantic cooper refrigerator coils -- the kind you'd see if you cracked open the back of your freezer. She walked in and out between the coils and the bulb -- and still the bulb glowed.
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NSFW Depressed Dude Climbs Utility Pole, Gets Electrocuted And Falls Off
A 24-year-old man is in critical condition after climbing a utility pole early Wednesday morning and getting shocked and burned.
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Flowing salt water over graphene generates electricity
Hydroelectricity is one of the oldest techniques for generating electrical power, with over 150 countries using it as a source for renewable energy. Hydroelectric generators only work efficiently at large scales, though—scales large enough to interrupt river flow and possibly harm local ecosystems. And getting this sort of generation down to where it can power small devices isn't realistic.
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Moore's law has no end in sight
The handwriting has been on the wall since the 1980s, according to former Bell Labs scientist, now co-founder and chief scientist at POET, Geoff Taylor. According to Taylor, GaAs, as opposed to silicon, will boost electrical transistor performance while integrating optical circuitry capabilities. These qualities enable both higher performance and novel IC architectures, thereby extending Moore's Law indefinitely.
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This city is aiming for 100% clean electricity
Beer, BMW, and one of the world's best soccer teams, Bayern Munich: Germany's third largest city has a lot going for it. Not content with sporting, culinary and automotive excellence, Munich is also leading the way when it comes to sustainability.
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Electric Vehicles Sell Power Back to the Grid
In the 1990s, Willett Kempton, a professor at the University of Delaware, proposed in a paper that electric vehicles could help pay for themselves by selling power back to the grid. When no one jumped on the idea, he decided to develop the technology himself.
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Bangladesh power cut plunges millions into darkness
Bangladesh was hit on Saturday by a major power outage that brought much of normal life to a standstill, forced hospitals and garment factories to rely on back-up generators and even plunged the prime minister's official residence into darkness.
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World's simplest electric train
This is the world's simplest electric train which runs not only inside but also “outside” the coil. This “Train” is made of magnets,copper wire and a dry cell. Please enjoy watching this simple structure electric train.
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The town that banned Wi-Fi
‘Electrosensitive’ people are flocking to the West Virginian home of a deep-space telescope, attracted by the rules prohibiting phones, TVs and radios. But, as Ed Cumming reveals, their arrival means Green Bank is far from peaceful
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California overhauls electricity pricing; rate hikes likely for many
Regulators overhauled the state’s system for pricing electricity for millions of Californians on Friday in a move that they said will simplify the structure and bring rates closer in line with costs. Many customers who use the least amount of energy will probably see rate increases, but regulators said the system will be more fair.
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Weed Growers Are a Drag on Denver's Energy Supply
The flowering reefer industry is sucking up energy, and the city has no efficiency plans in place to mitigate the problem.
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Are Bridge-Mounted Wind Turbines a Viable Option?
European researchers have released a study that suggests turbines mounted underneath bridges could be a good way to harness the power of the wind in built up areas, or natural regions with limitations on development.
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Obama Administration Aims To Expand Access To Solar Power
The White House is announcing a series of moves, including installing more solar energy units in federally subsidized housing, low cost loans for homeowners and a program to help renters.
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How Solar Power Is Learning To Share: The Rapid Growth Of Community Solar Gardens
For much of the recent rise of solar power, the industry has been divided in two: distributed rooftop solar, and utility-scale solar parks.
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Denmark's Wind Energy Output Just Exceeded National Demand
When it comes to renewable energy, Denmark is officially kicking ass. Yesterday, Denmark’s wind farms produced 116% of national electricity demands, allowing the country to export power to Norway, German, and Sweden. According to The Guardian, that figure had risen to 140% by early Friday morning.
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Amazon to Use North Carolina Wind Power to Offset Energy Needs of Ohio Data Centers
Amazon wants renewable energy to power its planned data centers in central Ohio, so the company is helping to build a wind farm – in North Carolina.
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New Gigafactory Pictures
Our good friend Bob Tregilus, host of the Plug In America podcast, has just dropped us some more pictures of the under-construction Tesla Gigafactory, which will be the largest building in the world in terms of footprint before long.
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Offshore Wind Power Gets Foothold in US With Rhode Island Project
Rhode Island's Deepwater Wind will start installing the foundations for North America's first offshore wind farm on Monday.
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