The Sun is the biggest fish in our small pond of a solar system, but it’s a mere minnow compared to the whales that dwell out in the cosmos. New telescope images show a gigantic star casually blowing bubbles 75 times bigger than our Sun.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Sun, Stars, Bubble, Astronomy, ALMA, ESO
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Watch: Nearby star blows bubbles the size of 75 Suns
Posted by ArielTechGeek 7 hours ago (https://newatlas.com)
"World's first fire-line-in-a-box" blows up to keep brush fires at bay
Posted by ArielTechGeek 1 day 11 hours ago (https://newatlas.com)
If you live on an acreage, there's a constant risk that your home may be consumed by a brush fire. That's where the Blaze Barrier comes in, as it forms a flame-activated fire-retardant boundary line around the user's house.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: Fire Extinguishers, Kickstarter, Wildfires
If you find yourself in the Australian port city of Albany and spot a humongous yellow machine bobbing in the waves of King George Sound, don't be alarmed. It's just a generator prototype making a case for renewable wave energy.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Wave Power, Renewable Energy, University of Western Australia
US$1,400 tilting three-wheeler puts a roof over riders' heads
Posted by ArielTechGeek 6 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A scooter with a roof. This idea doesn't really scream novel – especially in Asia. BMW even toyed with this idea (and failed) at the turn of the century. We'll excuse you if you don't remember the C1, which never even made it to the US. Its peculiar design, in which its windscreen extended all the way to its curving roof, may have been a major contributing factor.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcy
Houston-based Aeromine Technologies has fitted a bunch of silent and motionless wind energy harnessing airfoils on the roof of BMW's MINI manufacturing plant in Oxford, UK. They're meant to complement the factory's solar panels to produce clean energy, while taking up a lot less space.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Wind, Wind turbine, Wind Power Innovations, BMW, Clean Energy, Ren
The WindFloat Atlantic project – the world's first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Portugal with only three turbines – has exceeded expectations over the last four years of operation, generating a total of 320 GWh of electricity. That's enough to power about 25,000 homes each year.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Floating offshore wind, Wind tu
$199 DJI Neo packs big-drone energy in a bite-sized package
Posted by ArielTechGeek 7 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
If you're looking to enter the drone market without needing a pilot license or even knowing how to actually fly a drone, DJI now has a palm-sized, inexpensive, simple, yet incredibly capable drone for you that doesn't even require a controller.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, TechnologyTags: DJI Innovations, Camera drone, Video
Segway gives you the power to explore with ZT3 Pro e-kickscooter
Posted by ArielTechGeek 7 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
If you're looking to zip through the city and beyond, Segway has launched a new ZT series of electric kickscooters at IFA 2024. First up is the ZT3 Pro model, which has been "engineered for both urban adventures and off-road excursions."Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Segway, Scooter, Off-road, Electric Vehicles, IFA 2024
within a designated space, sixty autonomously-moving rectangular blocks act as a swarm executing specific behaviors.
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Colossal 20-MW wind turbine is the largest on the planet (for now)
Posted by ArielTechGeek 8 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Mingyang Smart Energy said last week that it's installed “the world’s largest single-capacity offshore wind turbine” in a project in Hainan, China. The turbine delivers a power output of up to 20 MW, besting its previous 18 MW model from 2023.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Offshore Wind, Wind turbine, World's Largest
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