From Youtube, "The Orkney Islands, off the northern tip of Scotland, have so much electricity that it's actually a problem. Here's why: and here's what they're doing about it."

posted by w1ndex 12 months ago • 335 views • 5:29

https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 2 weeks ago • 922 views • 7:59

Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 8 months ago • 876 views • 3:16

Electric cars are touted as a solution for reducing emissions and improving the environmental impacts of transportation, but are electric cars actually any better for the environment than gasoline cars?... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 474 views • 13:47

Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,946 views • 6:44

I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,214 views • 8:51

YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 12 months ago • 810 views • 14:23