Tuesday, July 07, 2015
How Elon Musk Could Help You Save Money on Your Utility Bill | PROFITguide.com
How Elon Musk Could Help You Save Money on Your Utility Bill | PROFITguide.com
While utilities have long discouraged energy storage by homeowners and industrial consumers because it threatens their revenue model, Brown says it makes a lot of sense, not just for enabling more renewable power but for lightening the load on old, creaky infrastructure. If products like Powerwall catch on, the necessary restructuring of the electrical grid will create opportunities and demand new expertise well beyond designing and manufacturing batteries. For example, AES Energy Storage in the U.S. now sells electrical storage the way server farms sell data warehousing. Stem, a California startup, helps large energy users such as hotels finance their own battery arrays. “There’s a whole industry developing here that is all brand new,” Brown says. “There’s a whole bunch of spinoff businesses that are going to start popping up.”
While utilities have long discouraged energy storage by homeowners and industrial consumers because it threatens their revenue model, Brown says it makes a lot of sense, not just for enabling more renewable power but for lightening the load on old, creaky infrastructure. If products like Powerwall catch on, the necessary restructuring of the electrical grid will create opportunities and demand new expertise well beyond designing and manufacturing batteries. For example, AES Energy Storage in the U.S. now sells electrical storage the way server farms sell data warehousing. Stem, a California startup, helps large energy users such as hotels finance their own battery arrays. “There’s a whole industry developing here that is all brand new,” Brown says. “There’s a whole bunch of spinoff businesses that are going to start popping up.”
Monday, July 06, 2015
"Nemo's Garden" grows terrestrial crops underwater - Images
"Nemo's Garden" grows terrestrial crops underwater - Images
The stand for the region of Liguria at the Milan 2015 Expofeatures a project as bizarre-sounding as it is intriguing: an attempt to grow crops underwater, inside air-filled biospheres. It's part of an effort that could prove a low-cost, low-energy solution to grow food in parts of the world where this was not previously possible.
good thinking
The stand for the region of Liguria at the Milan 2015 Expofeatures a project as bizarre-sounding as it is intriguing: an attempt to grow crops underwater, inside air-filled biospheres. It's part of an effort that could prove a low-cost, low-energy solution to grow food in parts of the world where this was not previously possible.
good thinking
X-Tainer shipping container expands into a giant pavilion - Images
Endless possibilities ? Many fast and cost effective uses uses? Good thinking .
X-Tainer shipping container expands into a giant pavilion - Images
X-Tainer shipping container expands into a giant pavilion - Images
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
PodPlants: Modular, plug and play vertical gardens for indoor spaces - Images
PodPlanGts: Modular, plug and play vertical gardens for indoor spaces - Images
Good idea -health freedom in small spaces - real plants ( not plastic) give oxygen and thrive on CO2 A natural building lung ( filtration) system?
Good idea -health freedom in small spaces - real plants ( not plastic) give oxygen and thrive on CO2 A natural building lung ( filtration) system?
SL-Tainer shipping container gets off the ground without a crane
SL-Tainer shipping container gets off the ground without a crane
Great idea -in versatility and cost savings
Brain jog -Idea -Can we add a wheel system to make it move on the ground?
Great idea -in versatility and cost savings
Brain jog -Idea -Can we add a wheel system to make it move on the ground?
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Nissan to incorporate used Leaf batteries in home energy storage system
Nissan to incorporate used Leaf batteries in home energy storage system
affordable energy storage?
affordable energy storage?
Plans call for the energy storage units to first be used at a Nissan facility in California later this summer, to help offset peak energy demand. Once they become available for purchase in the fourth quarter of this year, it is hoped that corporate and private consumers will also use the batteries with renewable sources such as wind and solar.
According to Nissan, this is the first time that used EV batteries have been commercially utilized for such an application. "A lithium-ion battery from a Nissan Leaf still holds a great deal of value as energy storage, even after it is removed from the vehicle, so Nissan expects to be able to reuse a majority of Leaf battery packs in non-automotive applications," says Brad Smith, director of Nissan's 4R Energy business in the US.
Malloy Aeronautics is developing its Hoverbike for the US Department of Defense
Malloy Aeronautics is developing its Hoverbike for the US Department of Defense
Is this the new hover craft of the future ?
Is this the new hover craft of the future ?
Friday, June 12, 2015
Vurtego's V4 extreme pogo-stick gives up to 10 ft of air
Vurtego's V4 extreme pogo-stick gives up to 10 ft of air
This looks like fun ? Would you use one ? Portable trampoline that can be adjusted to jump10 feet high . Adult toy and fun exercise idea .....
This looks like fun ? Would you use one ? Portable trampoline that can be adjusted to jump10 feet high . Adult toy and fun exercise idea .....
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Smart windows can be tuned for privacy, while still letting the light shine through - Images
Smart windows can be tuned for privacy, while still letting the light shine through - Images
interesting idea for retrofits and new construction?
The glass panels that let light into our homes and offices have been seen as huge windows of opportunity for engineers in recent times. If the amount of light pouring through can be managed throughout the day, it could lessen reliance on energy-sapping air conditioner units, for instance. This has led to a number of examples of smart facades that keep interior spaces from overheating, and some that even harvest energyfor lights and ventilation. But a new tunable window-tinting technology is claimed to do things the smart glass before it cannot, by allowing users control over brightness, color temperature and opacity.
interesting idea for retrofits and new construction?
The glass panels that let light into our homes and offices have been seen as huge windows of opportunity for engineers in recent times. If the amount of light pouring through can be managed throughout the day, it could lessen reliance on energy-sapping air conditioner units, for instance. This has led to a number of examples of smart facades that keep interior spaces from overheating, and some that even harvest energyfor lights and ventilation. But a new tunable window-tinting technology is claimed to do things the smart glass before it cannot, by allowing users control over brightness, color temperature and opacity.
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Thursday, June 04, 2015
Imbue brews loose leaf with simplicitea
Imbue brews loose leaf with simplicitea
Interesting idea to modify using available recycles?
thoughts -coffee jar use - tea strainer ?
Interesting idea to modify using available recycles?
thoughts -coffee jar use - tea strainer ?
Shipping container-based office is Made to be Moved
Shipping container-based office is Made to be Moved
An idea whose time has come ?
"available,affordable,portable, easy timely assembly "
An idea whose time has come ?
"available,affordable,portable, easy timely assembly "
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
$150,000 DARPA reward
The Robotics Fast Track (RFT) effort aims to provide more streamlined avenues of innovation, funding 6 to 12-month projects with an average cost of just US$150,000. To get things moving, the agency has recruited the non-profit Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) to help out. The foundation focuses on software development and works to encourage robotics research and development in the small-scale community.
Fast track program
Fast track program
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