IN DEPTH | Haliade-X design, first of which are slated to ship in 2021, promises to generate 45% more power than current best-in-class offshore machines
— Read on www.rechargenews.com/wind/1443296/ge-unveils-market-changing-12mw-offshore-wind-turbine
Oh come on, ideas have to be tried before they are politicized
12 hours of energy storage enough for U.S. to run on 80% solar+wind – pv magazine USA
Scientists in California have modeled a solar-heavy/wind power electricity grid, without nationwide HVDC, that could reliably deliver 80% of U.S. electricity needs. 100% of needs would require 3 weeks of energy storage.
— Read on pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/03/01/12-hours-energy-storage-80-percent-wind-solar/
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018 – MIT Technology Review
Dueling neural networks. Artificial embryos. AI in the cloud. Welcome to our annual list of the 10 technology advances we think will shape the way we work and live now and for years to come.
— Read on www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2018/
Stories that will probably matter…
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/01/lithium-niobate-could-enable-a-photonics-revolution-the-way-silicon-enabled-computer-revolution.html
https://newatlas.com/mri-kidney-cancer-diagnosis/52802/
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-viruses-cancer-immunotherapy.html
When it comes to scientific achievements, 2017 certainly left its mark.
From the use of ground-breaking gene-editing techniques that can potentially stop inherited diseases from taking root, to the creation of an artificial womb, here are a few of last year’s most important scientific milestones that could potentially change our future.
This is great read…
Last year a lot of people were asking if 2016 was the worst year ever. (It wasn’t.) I haven’t seen anyone making similar claims about 2017, but that doesn’t mean that this year didn’t produce its share of significant world events. It has. Below is my top ten, listed in descending order. You may want to read what follows closely. Several of these stories will continue into 2018.