Date: 4/04/2017 10:50:15
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1046859
Subject: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Australian Scientists Just Made A Major Breakthrough That Could Put Solar Power Anywhere

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Date: 4/04/2017 10:50:40
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1046860
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Tau.Neutrino said:


Australian Scientists Just Made A Major Breakthrough That Could Put Solar Power Anywhere

A new type of electrode developed by researchers at RMIT University has the potential to not only boost the capacity of existing energy storage technologies by 3000 per cent, but it opens the door to the development of flexible, thin film, all-in-one solar capture and storage. We’re talking the means to self-powering smart phones, laptops, cars and buildings.

And it has all been inspired by a plant.

Read more at https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/australian-scientists-just-made-a-major-breakthough-that-could-put-solar-power-anywhere/#thpUOCcuI41R4cOr.99

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Date: 4/04/2017 10:53:07
From: roughbarked
ID: 1046861
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Tau.Neutrino said:

And it has all been inspired by a plant.

;) So was agriculture, civilization and all that.

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Date: 4/04/2017 12:18:48
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1046965
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

“A new type of electrode developed by researchers at RMIT University has the potential to not only boost the capacity of existing energy storage technologies by 3000 per cent”

I’m sorry, but I’m just a teensy weensy bit sceptical about that.

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Date: 4/04/2017 12:20:31
From: roughbarked
ID: 1046967
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

The Rev Dodgson said:


“A new type of electrode developed by researchers at RMIT University has the potential to not only boost the capacity of existing energy storage technologies by 3000 per cent”

I’m sorry, but I’m just a teensy weensy bit sceptical about that.

shaky finger on the 0000 key?

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Date: 4/04/2017 12:21:50
From: sibeen
ID: 1046969
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

The Rev Dodgson said:


“A new type of electrode developed by researchers at RMIT University has the potential to not only boost the capacity of existing energy storage technologies by 3000 per cent”

I’m sorry, but I’m just a teensy weensy bit sceptical about that.

Why?

places pinky next to lip

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Date: 4/04/2017 12:22:46
From: sibeen
ID: 1046971
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

sibeen said:


The Rev Dodgson said:

“A new type of electrode developed by researchers at RMIT University has the potential to not only boost the capacity of existing energy storage technologies by 3000 per cent”

I’m sorry, but I’m just a teensy weensy bit sceptical about that.

Why?

places pinky next to lip

Actually, has RMIT taken over MIT’s role of the great spruikers?
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Date: 4/04/2017 12:23:54
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1046974
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

roughbarked said:


The Rev Dodgson said:

“A new type of electrode developed by researchers at RMIT University has the potential to not only boost the capacity of existing energy storage technologies by 3000 per cent”

I’m sorry, but I’m just a teensy weensy bit sceptical about that.

shaky finger on the 0000 key?

Maybe.

I could well believe an improvement of 3%

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Date: 4/04/2017 12:24:51
From: roughbarked
ID: 1046975
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

The Rev Dodgson said:


roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

“A new type of electrode developed by researchers at RMIT University has the potential to not only boost the capacity of existing energy storage technologies by 3000 per cent”

I’m sorry, but I’m just a teensy weensy bit sceptical about that.

shaky finger on the 0000 key?

Maybe.

I could well believe an improvement of 3%

Now that, is fair. Who knows whether he knew where the . key was?

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Date: 4/04/2017 13:35:40
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1047029
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

The Rev Dodgson said:


“A new type of electrode developed by researchers at RMIT University has the potential to not only boost the capacity of existing energy storage technologies by 3000 per cent”

I’m sorry, but I’m just a teensy weensy bit sceptical about that.

It may be right. The length of a fractal between A and B can be 30 times the length of a straight line from A to B. So a fractal electrode in a super capacitor could conceivably store 30 times as much energy.

But there could be a trade off, for example in capacitor volume.

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Date: 4/04/2017 20:52:06
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 1047083
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Speaking of large two-stage rockets, here’s one i never knew about. It’s quite large. 500’/152 metres tall, one big engine in each stage with the first one supposed to make eighty million lbs of thrust.
The Sea Dragon
And on Wikipedia

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Date: 5/04/2017 13:52:28
From: Aquila
ID: 1047303
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

I’m still waiting on my pair of nano-tube graphene pants so I can recharge my phone while it’s in my pants pocket.

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Date: 6/04/2017 02:38:48
From: Aquila
ID: 1047452
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

tough crowd.

I guess a career in comedy is off the table.


Probably would have helped if my audience was familiar with these articles from 2010 & 2008.
(which I’d tapped into from memory last night)

Power shirt generates watts as you walk

Nanowires create volts of electricity



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Date: 6/04/2017 03:59:10
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1047493
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Aquila said:


I’m still waiting on my pair of nano-tube graphene pants so I can recharge my phone while it’s in my pants pocket.

LOL!!
ROFL!!!
Wipes computer screen!!!! :)))!!!!!

Feeling better now? :)

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Date: 6/04/2017 04:01:11
From: dv
ID: 1047494
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Even by the standards of this forum, that was not funny.

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Date: 6/04/2017 04:04:55
From: Witty Rejoinder
ID: 1047497
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

dv said:


Even by the standards of this forum, that was not funny.

This forum has standards now?

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Date: 6/04/2017 04:19:43
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1047510
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Witty Rejoinder said:


dv said:

Even by the standards of this forum, that was not funny.

This forum has standards now?

dv’s working on it.

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Date: 6/04/2017 04:54:40
From: Aquila
ID: 1047516
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

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Date: 6/04/2017 04:58:05
From: Michael V
ID: 1047518
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Aquila said:


Hahahahahahahahaha! I like that one.

:)

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Date: 6/04/2017 05:00:41
From: dv
ID: 1047521
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

This thread has gone off the rails

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Date: 6/04/2017 05:06:46
From: furious
ID: 1047522
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

There is only one thing to do then, kill it off.

You know who else wanted to increase their power capacity? Nazis…

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Date: 6/04/2017 05:09:28
From: Cymek
ID: 1047523
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

furious said:

  • This thread has gone off the rails

There is only one thing to do then, kill it off.

You know who else wanted to increase their power capacity? Nazis…


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Date: 6/04/2017 05:10:54
From: furious
ID: 1047524
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

Not quite true, without him they might not have found it…

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Date: 6/04/2017 05:12:47
From: Cymek
ID: 1047525
Subject: re: Australian Scientists make breakthrough in Solar Power

furious said:

  • http://sadmoment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Amy-Proves-Indiana-Jones-Is-Pointless-In-The-Story-To-Sheldon-On-Big-Bang-Theory_408×408.jpg

Not quite true, without him they might not have found it…

Possibly, but wasn’t that because he stole the amulet and they only had one side of it for directions/measurements

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