The Future

[CNS]

In Apple's innovation lab they have a battery that can power an iPhone for a year and only takes 30 seconds to charge.

What do they hook it up to to charge it? It seems like you would need a much beefier power supply than a wall outlet for that to work.

No idea, didn't ask questions.  But 115V @ 10Amps would do 8 W*hrs in less than 30 seconds (capacity of my SIII battery).

Your SIII battery doesn't have the capacity to run a phone for a year, though. Or were you saying that the battery would still need to be charged every day, and you would have to replace the battery after 1 year?

Honestly, either a single charge for a year, or a daily 30sec charge would be a huge deal.  Not on the same level as each other, but still huge.

[michigancat]

IBM animates atoms:

Okay, so scientists can animate atoms. While that’s intrinsically cool, why does it matter? Well, it matters because these techniques can be applied to practical technologies. For example, use of a scanning, tunnelling electron microscope enabled scientists to store a bit of computer data into only 12 atoms last year. On your computer, it takes about 1 million atoms to store that data.

“Research means asking questions beyond those required to find good short-term engineering solutions to problems. As data creation and consumption continue to get bigger, data storage needs to get smaller, all the way down to the atomic level,” said IBM researcher Andreas Heinrich in a press release. “We’re applying the same techniques used to come up with new computing architectures and alternative ways to store data to making this movie.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/05/01/ibm-made-a-microscopic-movie-and-star-trek-pictures-with-individual-atoms/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_211263&feature=iv&src_vid=oSCX78-8-q0&v=xA4QWwaweWA

[steve dave]

have you guys seen this graphene stuff? wow

[bubbles4ksu]

have you guys seen this graphene stuff? wow

one of the zillion potential uses for that stuff is to simulate the insanely small, ribbed structures on cicada's wings that function to pull apart bacteria under it's own weight. anything covered with that material would be totally resistant to bacteria. seems like something hospitals and public transportation could really benefit from.

[Emo EMAW]

Ya guys I don't know.  I'm sure it's super expensive and/or impractical or something.  But don't a ton of today's technologies start out as impractabilities?  I don't doubt that they have something like that, I just wonder when we'll see it, if ever.  I think defense spending pushing a lot of this stuff. 

[CNS]

Ya guys I don't know.  I'm sure it's super expensive and/or impractical or something.  But don't a ton of today's technologies start out as impractabilities?  I don't doubt that they have something like that, I just wonder when we'll see it, if ever.  I think defense spending pushing a lot of this stuff.

Yeah.  Not shooting it down.  Sounds amazing and I hope this isn't something that gets used specifically for the military for a long time before we all get it.  Seriously, something like that battery, if adapted to other uses as other scales, could be a huge game changer for energy.

[michigancat]

Ya guys I don't know.  I'm sure it's super expensive and/or impractical or something.  But don't a ton of today's technologies start out as impractabilities?  I don't doubt that they have something like that, I just wonder when we'll see it, if ever.  I think defense spending pushing a lot of this stuff. 

what don't you know? Of course almost all technologies start out impractical for the common consumer. YOU WILL SEE crap IN YOUR LIFETIME THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.

[Emo EMAW]

Ya guys I don't know.  I'm sure it's super expensive and/or impractical or something.  But don't a ton of today's technologies start out as impractabilities?  I don't doubt that they have something like that, I just wonder when we'll see it, if ever.  I think defense spending pushing a lot of this stuff. 

what don't you know? Of course almost all technologies start out impractical for the common consumer. YOU WILL SEE crap IN YOUR LIFETIME THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.

I'm saying I don't know why it's not on the market today.

[ChiComCat]

This is a great thread.  I am excited open it and have my mind blown by something completely awesome on a regular basis

[ChiComCat]

Pretty soon solar panels will be a thing of the past.  Paint on houses will replace paneling (once efficiency is mastered).  Pretty cool stuff.  I hear Notre Dame and Iowa State are working together on this project.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10283909.htm

Your link didn't work but solar paint sounds pretty awesome

Oops.  This is a better link anyway.

http://news.nd.edu/news/28047-notre-dame-researchers-develop-paint-on-solar-cells/

“That’s why we’ve christened the new paint, Sun-Believable,” he adds.

eff yea

[Cire]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/29/health/world-coronavirus/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews

future is over bros.  t's and p's.

[michigancat]

hyperloop!

http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-is-kicking-around-an-idea-that-would-send-you-from-san-francisco-to-los-angeles-in-30-minutes-2012-7

[CNS]

hyperloop!

http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-is-kicking-around-an-idea-that-would-send-you-from-san-francisco-to-los-angeles-in-30-minutes-2012-7

I read something in USA Today about this last week.  He described it as roughly a combo of flying and air hockey, or something like that.

I knew this guy was the Tesla guy, but didn't realize he was also in on creating Pay-Pal. 

[Mr Bread]

hyperloop!

http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-is-kicking-around-an-idea-that-would-send-you-from-san-francisco-to-los-angeles-in-30-minutes-2012-7

I read something in USA Today about this last week.  He described it as roughly a combo of flying and air hockey, or something like that.

I knew this guy was the Tesla guy, but didn't realize he was also in on creating Pay-Pal.

He makes space shuttles too.  Really concerned about getting us off this shithole to save the species. 

[pissclams]

the answer is a tube like they use in a bank drive thru.
or something with magnets.

[Emo EMAW]

the answer is a tube like they use in a bank drive thru.
or something with magnets.

Was just thinking about the tube 'clams!  Would basically float on air bearings. 

[CNS]

the answer is a tube like they use in a bank drive thru.
or something with magnets.

Was just thinking about the tube 'clams!  Would basically float on air bearings.

Roughly 350 miles per Google Earth at .5 hrs is about 60 MPH below Mach 1.  Average Joe commuter riding something going just under the sound barrier for half an hour.  This one seems a ways out there. 

[pissclams]

that speed is attainable.  another option would be something i call transient gravity.  essentially, i've patented a device that turns earth's gravitational pull almost onto its side.  instead of pulling directly down, it pulls along a plane parallel to other areas of the earth's axis.

pretty simple crap here guys.

[pissclams]

and obviously the solution here is to reduce the object's drag coefficient until it's barely/not measurable. that way you can conserve energy.

[owl borland]

San Fran to LA? you're thinking too small


http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/

[pissclams]

San Fran to LA? you're thinking too small


http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/

magnets, tubes, it's got it all.

[CNS]

San Fran to LA? you're thinking too small


http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/

Oh man!  Tube Credit Card Miles!

[star seed 7]

 

[michigancat]

 

Now in stores!!!

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/861483_Magical-NeverWet-arrives-in-stores.html

[star seed 7]

 

Now in stores!!!

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/861483_Magical-NeverWet-arrives-in-stores.html

yeah, i'm looking around my apartment right now wondering what i want to test this stuff on.