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Harvesting electricity from thin air…..

submitted by Steelerfish to technology 2 yearsMay 30, 2023 21:05:18 ago (+17/-2)     (techxplore.com)

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-harvest-abundant-energy-thin-air.html

I wonder if this is similar to the theory Tesla was exploring 100 years ago


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[ - ] ItsOk2bArian 3 points 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 02:21:39 ago (+3/-0)

No, Tesla's machine was very different in design. It involved the process of converting radio wave energy into electrical energy and vice versa. It was a modified version of the Tesla coil technology he had built. Basically he wanted to charge the air waves and then people could have a converter in their homes to create electricity. He got shut down because the power companies had no way to meter power consumption and charge the customer.
It kind of turned out to be a good thing because it would have acted like a full spectrum jamming signal and would have really fucked up radio wave technology development

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 0 points 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 02:50:25 ago (+0/-0)

he wanted to charge the air waves

Could you imagine the first inter-city mega-arc? BRRZZZAAAAAP!

[ - ] chrimony 3 points 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 01:24:34 ago (+3/-0)

Scale and reliability matters. They say, "an Air-gen device would be capable of delivering kilowatt-level power for general electrical utility usage".

That's nice and all, but power generation is measured in mega and giga watts. And it needs steady, 24/7 output. A cool tech demo, but probably worthless in practical usage. The "sustainable" energy scene is littered with such impractical ideas.

[ - ] qwop 1 point 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 06:59:58 ago (+1/-0)

When the yahoos get an idea something is "green", they will go to the ends of the earth to use it. They may cover the rain forest with these "air-gen" devices if need be, destroying the natural environment, only to power a village. But hey, it's green.

[ - ] Had 2 points 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 00:55:22 ago (+2/-0)

The Ark of the Covenant was an electricity accumulator. Basically a giant rechargeable battery.

[ - ] Treefart 1 point 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 10:01:17 ago (+1/-0)

Seemed like more of a capacitor

[ - ] Had 0 points 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 10:55:57 ago (+0/-0)

Sure, that's more accurate. I'm no electrician and didn't know the difference in a battery vs capacitor without googling it.

[ - ] Treefart 1 point 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 11:19:33 ago (+1/-0)

Yeah in my opinion a capacitor is more impressive in a design like that. Batteries are lower tech, we have all seen how you can run a clock on an apple which acts like a low tech battery. There is something to ancient technology.

[ - ] deleted 2 points 2 yearsMay 30, 2023 21:15:05 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] Rawrination 0 points 2 yearsMay 30, 2023 23:02:10 ago (+0/-0)

Hopefully the info gets out there far and wide and enough people duplicate it this time to make it impossible to bury it.

[ - ] Prairie 0 points 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 08:54:50 ago (+0/-0)

So, an LED could be lit dimly for free?

[ - ] ItsOk2bArian 1 point 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 02:13:15 ago (+1/-0)

How long till this guy dies in a plane crash and the Rothschild's own the patent?

[ - ] totes_magotes 1 point 2 yearsMay 30, 2023 22:04:32 ago (+1/-0)

So in the end they've managed to boil water to make the cloud that generates electricity...

[ - ] ButtToucha9000 1 point 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 00:39:10 ago (+1/-0)

Thats how all electricity is made.

[ - ] ButtToucha9000 0 points 2 yearsMay 31, 2023 00:39:45 ago (+0/-0)

If true this could be an ACTUAl breakthrough to the next leap forward