Museum for the ages: Collector's computer devices from B.C. to present day
Visitors can chart history inside the sprawling Computer Museum of America where the evolution of technology tells a story of the time period.
Mar 9, 2023
0
19
Other
News tagged with outer space
Electronics & Semiconductors
Passive radiative cooling can now be controlled electrically
Energy-efficient ways of cooling buildings and vehicles will be required in a changing climate. Researchers at Linköping University have now shown that electrical tuning of passive radiative cooling can be used to control ...
Feb 1, 2023
0
27
Energy & Green Tech
Caltech to launch space solar power technology demo into orbit in January
In January 2023, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) is poised to launch into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key components of an ambitious plan to harvest ...
Jan 3, 2023
0
103
Engineering
Heat pumps can cut your energy costs by up to 90%. It's not magic, just a smart use of the laws of physics
Heat pumps are becoming all the rage around a world that has to slash carbon emissions rapidly while cutting energy costs. In buildings, they replace space heating and water heating—and provide cooling as a bonus.
Sep 8, 2022
0
33
Computer Sciences
A strategy to discern between real and virtual video conferencing backgrounds
Video-conferencing platforms such as Skype, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet allow people to communicate remotely with others in different parts of the world. The COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing measures ...
Engineering
Towards carbon neutralization: Enclosure radiative cooling for reducing air conditioning energy consumption
The international consensus is that reaching carbon emission peak and subsequent carbon neutrality are to be considered the main global challenges. Research shows that building energy consumption accounts for more than 35% ...
May 6, 2022
0
19
Engineering
Scientists debut most efficient 'optical rectennas,' devices that harvest power from heat
Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have tapped into a poltergeist-like property of electrons to design devices that can capture excess heat from their environment—and turn it into usable electricity.
May 18, 2021
1
343
Energy & Green Tech
Powering the future: new insights into how alkali-metal doped flexible solar cells work
"When eco-friendly, inexpensive, versatile, and efficient solar cells are developed, all thermal and nuclear power plants will disappear, and solar cells installed over the ocean or in outer space will power our world," says ...
Oct 26, 2020
0
4
Engineering
Spacecraft is designed to survive fire, surfs its own wave
Patrick Rodi's new idea for surfing is far out, fast and white hot.
Apr 13, 2020
0
53
Robotics
Autonomous BRUIE robot could help in the search for signs of life in space
A new autonomous robot developed by engineers at NASA and tested in Antarctica by a team of researchers, including an engineer from The University of Western Australia, is destined for a trip into outer space and could, in ...
Apr 3, 2020
0
10
