• New alloy discovered that converts heat directly into electricity
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I'm wondering if this could be used for more efficient cooling systems
[QUOTE=Zeddy;30640880]What the fuck is with everyone going "Is gun git keeled by Congress/Oil Companies/Republicans/[b]Jeff Bridges[/b]/New York Mets."[/QUOTE] This aggression will not stand, man.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;30640867]Oh, I know. I love my Lincoln Electric <3[/QUOTE] <3 [QUOTE=XanaToast.;30640905]INFINATE POWER IS WITHIN OUR REACH![/QUOTE] You can't just pull energy out of your ass, but making everything hyper effective with power, and making many ways of obtaining that would be extremely close. [QUOTE=Zeddy;30640880]What the fuck is with everyone going "Is gun git keeled by Congress/Oil Companies/Republicans/Jeff Bridges/New York Mets."[/QUOTE] Because likely Is gun git keeled by Congress/Oil Companies/Republicans/New York Mets joking of course.
Self powered thermoelectric cooling for processors Unless this will be incredibly inefficient, it's easily one of the biggest breakthroughs in science in the last ten if not more years
[QUOTE=niloc117;30640897]Could this alloy be used to get energy our own body heat?[/QUOTE] Imagine life without having to replace or charge batteries.
[QUOTE=~ZOMG;30640882]Do you really have to ask? Assuming it's efficient enough, it could completely replace the need for the burning of fossil fuels. However, it will take years for it to catch on and replace it.[/QUOTE] You also have to factor in how efficiently the alloy can be produced.
With that alloy, maybe one could make hybrid cars that are actually efficient. Harness the waste heat from the Internal Combustion Engine and convert it to electricity stored in a bank of SuperCapacitors. And then use the energy to power electric motors for city cruising.
Holy shit. I mean like, really.
holy fucking dickshit this is fucking [b]HUGE[/b]
Imagine mass conversion of garbage facilities into thermo-electric plants using this stuff. Benefits: Heat from the burning waste is converted into energy by the alloy C02 condensed, filter, then packaged for use as alternative fuel Massively reduced garbage emission
[QUOTE=TraderRager;30640990]Imagine mass conversion of garbage facilities into thermo-electric plants using this stuff. Benefits: Heat from the burning waste is converted into energy by the alloy C02 condensed, filter, then packaged for use as alternative fuel Massively reduced garbage emission[/QUOTE] This is actually a pretty brilliant idea, we need this on the draw board!
[QUOTE=Murkrow;30640933]Self powered thermoelectric cooling for processors Unless this will be incredibly inefficient, it's easily one of the biggest breakthroughs in science in the last ten if not more years[/QUOTE] That actually sounds like a good idea, assuming it doesn't take much heat to generate small amounts of electricity, powering a fan, or set of fans, on a heatsink would be cool. I suppose it could scale the speed too if the metal produces less electricity at lower temperatures?
The people who invented this deserve a medal, seriously, this is revolutionary. The applications this has show up EVERYWHERE, and depending on what temperature it does this at, it could be used en masse in warmer climates for electricity production. This could increase energy outputs of pretty much all power plants, considering how much heat both fossil-fuel burning plants and nuclear plants produce (but hydro rates still won't go down because OPG are greedy bastards).
So it makes power using heat? Self powered computer anyone?
Well, if it gets lobbied the hell out of in the United States, what stops other countries to cash in on this new alloy? I think that the United States would want to embrace this new alloy, seeing as it can easily establish its own market. Hell, this could be the breakthrough of the century, leading future development and breakthroughs in the years to come! It would be a shame to turn down this new source of power because some fat, white, middle age guys decided that the money in their pockets was better than the future of mankind.
Self sufficient heating systems
[QUOTE=Takoto;30641092]So it makes power using heat? Self powered computer anyone?[/QUOTE] Or cyborgs.
[QUOTE=TraderRager;30640842]Becuase lobbyist who are afraid of this cutting into their profit margins. Coal, crude, solar, you name it. If this is effective, they will either adopt it or block it.[/QUOTE] you do realise that the heat has to come from somewhere right coal, crude, solar, geothermal and nuclear will benefit from this technology because it means they can replace the inefficient steam turbine method with this.
I want to know how efficient this material is, you could even use it with solar panels to create extra electricity since a big problem with the solar panels is they become hot and get less efficient.
[QUOTE=Takoto;30641092]So it makes power using heat? Self powered computer anyone?[/QUOTE] More efficient, though not self-powered.
[QUOTE=Takoto;30641092]So it makes power using heat? Self powered computer anyone?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Rusty100;30641110]Self sufficient heating systems[/QUOTE] Hey this is a breakthrough but it doesn't mean we can just discard the Laws of Thermodynamics. It's not 100% efficient.
Am I correct in assuming this may be history in the making? However they mentioned that this new alloy needed to be created (At an atomic level no less), what sort of manufacturing process would be required for this en-masse? Would the process require a lot of energy?
Now we need state to build factories, pump this shit out and begin putting it everywhere. If anybody objects run them over in a tractor.
[QUOTE=Wormy;30640932]Oil companies, etc. They want money. It's just like that rumor about the guy that managed to find a new way to use cheaper and better fuel. The oil and fuel companies made sure the idea never got to the public.[/QUOTE] A team of researchers worked on this and their results are already public. There's no way just killing someone would stop this from having an impact. And if the entire team that worked to create this was all murdered it would be the easiest connect the dots puzzle ever.
This is probably the biggest discovery of the last 30 years.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;30641177]Now we need state to build factories, pump this shit out and begin putting it everywhere. If anybody objects run them over in a tractor.[/QUOTE] Then coat their bodies in it.
The energy companies will go bankrupt!!! Seriously though... go physics. I hope it is actually usable.
How much electricity per Calorie is the real question.
And it doesn't rely on rare earth elements! Holy shit.
Needless to say Holy Fucking Shit :science:
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