British Physicist & Mathematician Hertha Marks Ayrton was born #OTD in 1854.
She became a recognized expert on the electric arc, a type of electrical discharge that was little understood at the time. Her research clarified the causes of hissing & flickering in arc lamps and contributed to improving the design and consistency of the lamps. She developed the "Ayrton fan" or "flapper," a device intended to clear poisonous gases from the trenches in World War I.
With this catalytic funding, our small collaboration to develop an open-source flow battery for stationary energy storage can further develop. We're planning on finalizing our small-scale benchtop kit (for R&D/educational use) before going to a larger cell design.
Very grateful for their support and belief in the project.
'PulseApe [is] a primate-friendly trapeze bar fitted with EKG sensors to capture the chimps' heart activity while they play and swing. This EKG-in-disguise is now part of the Zoo's primate-health repertoire.'
This upbeat story is about human persistence and tenacity more than it is about technology — but the technology is pretty amazing too. And it's from 1977. That's more than 46 years ago.
I hold an undergraduate degree in #engineering from the flagship land-grant institution of a Southern state in a drinking town with a football problem.
Molten hydroxide salt energy storage inaugurated in Denmark
"...the facility will ...demonstrate its ability to store energy charged from renewable power, which it can then discharge as heat or steam for either industry or the electricity system. Molten hydroxide generally melts at lower temperature than other kinds of salt, with Hyme claiming it is the first technology provider to enable its use for thermal energy storage. "
🌞 400,000 ‘solar balconies’ boost German home energy harvesting capacity
"The solar balcony generates only a tenth of the power output of a rooftop solution, but it is portable if the homeowner wishes to relocate.
👉 Unlike a rooftop system that requires professionals for installation, a balcony solar system consists of panels and a mounting structure, and the assembly can be completed by anyone using the instructions provided."
🤯 World’s largest 3D printer can build a small house in 80 hours
"A single-story bungalow could take a few months to build, but this printer can complete the project in less than four days.
"The university, with a longstanding relationship with the US government, wanted to demonstrate that a 3D printer could print a home with a lower carbon footprint – as the construction industry produces about 37% of greenhouse gas emissions"
Elecia White, Embedded Software Engineer, co-host of the Embedded podcast and author of O'Reilly's Making Embedded Systems, 2nd Edition will be giving a keynote presentation at this year's Embedded Online Conference on the topic: Creating Chaos and Hard Faults.
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