What if charging your phone took less time than brushing your teeth? A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could very well hold the key to a next-gen charger capable of recharging your phone in just 60 seconds....
Consider that the energy output of a 12-gauge shotgun is approximately 4500 Newton-meters and, from personal experience, can rotate a first-gen iPad at an extrapolated 240 rpm (extrapolated as this proved difficult to sustain). That gives us an equivalent of 113 kW! A modern ipad would only need about 13 kW to charge in one second.
So, one shotgun shell could easily charge yours and 7 of your friends ipads instantaneously, although the results are difficult to appreciate.
When my dad died suddenly in 2015 and I cleared out his office at his job, I spun down his Win95 machine that he’d been using for essential coding and testing. My father was that programmer—the one who directly spoke to a limited number of clients and stakeholders because he had a tendency to ask people if they were stupid.
Wow, I was looking for nonviolent felons, but this is an incredible option. Put them both in the running and we’d probably have the largest voter turnout ever. With people actually choosing a preferred candidate, not the less shitty one
As a born and raised Texan, I find zero flaws in your logic. Then again, if all of you non-Texan foreigners would just obey our laws and ideals, about 60% of Texas would return to the ocean. Glub glub y’all
I was thinking about exactly this earlier today: progressives are progressive because they take their direction from studies, experts, and observations. Conservatives are regressive because they invent studies, buy experts, and only observe anything that serves their confirmation bias.
Photographs shared on social media show bags attached via string to white translucent balloons carrying toilet paper, dark soil, and batteries, among other contents....
New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds (bgr.com)
What if charging your phone took less time than brushing your teeth? A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could very well hold the key to a next-gen charger capable of recharging your phone in just 60 seconds....
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I'm writing this from a crappy laptop with 2GB of RAM and a dull screen. (lemmy.world)
A hail stone the size of a pineapple was found in Texas. It likely sets a state record (apnews.com)
Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle recovered a massive hail stone that researchers say is likely to be a new state record....
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money...
‘It’s time we put a felon in the White House,’ California sheriff says (ktla.com)
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Maple/mahogany stave drum I made for my drummer.
Broadcasters group rescinds De Niro award over Trump courthouse presser (thehill.com)
Texas GOP platform calls for ban on same-sex parenting because being gay is "abnormal" (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Yes, this article is from 2024
North Korea drops balloons carrying trash and propaganda in South (www.bbc.com)
Photographs shared on social media show bags attached via string to white translucent balloons carrying toilet paper, dark soil, and batteries, among other contents....
AI is the future (lemmy.world)
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I almost puked while preparing this from the smell alone. Went to the trash after two bites.
Jesus knew his pronouns (lemmy.world)
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Netanyahu to address Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson says (www.nbcnews.com)
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