Magnets For EnergyNikola Tesla and the Quest for Wireless Electricity
Written by admin on August 2, 2009 – 3:52 pm -
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/Electricity_Theater_with_Omega_Recoil
John Behrens and Sparky Jewell, members of Omega Recoil, explain the Tesla coil’s origins and Nikola Tesla’s efforts to transmit energy wirelessly. They also describe their own attempts to recreate Tesla’s experiments and make wireless energy a reality.
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In the late 1800s, Nikola Tesla began experimenting with transmitting power wirelessly via the earth’s crust and the ionosphere. He invented what we now know as the Tesla Coil; this device was capable of generating extremely high voltages, and was the precursor to radio transmission. What was Tesla doing? How was he doing it? Does wireless power work? The Omega Recoil team have been re-creating some of Tesla’s wireless power experiments, with interesting results.
Following on President Obama’s call to “begin again the work of remaking America,” Maker Faire 2009 was organized around the theme of Re-Make America. Held in the San Francisco Bay Area, Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called “the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things.” – Maker Faire 2009
John Behrens is currently a cinematographer who photographs independent features, television, documentaries and live music. He is the owner and operator of Point Beach Productions, a production and effects company for the motion picture and television industry. Behrens has also served as a high voltage consultant for Discovery Channel’s MythBusters.
Sparky Jewell is a member of Omega Recoil, a team of scientists, builders, engineers, showmen and industrial artists that have been conducting experiments with electricity in the San Francisco Bay area since 1999.
Duration : 0:5:2
Tags: "Lighting, bolt, coil, Electric, electricity, energy, Engineering, generation, generators, history, science, strikes, tech, Technology, Tesla
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Multistage Horizontal Axis JET Hydrokinetic Turbine in Operation
Written by admin on June 1, 2009 – 9:39 am -
Two stage hydrokinetic turbine. The first stage is a non-JET propeller directed water flow tangentially to the bigger second stage JET augmented propeller. Shown two (multistage) stages JET propeller technology operates in open rivers, channels, tidal areas and oceans. It is a new standard of a high efficient conversions of water kinetic energy to usable power thank to number of patented radical new technical solutions based on JET augmented turbine rotors.
See more at www.tonchev.org/seapower.html
Duration : 0:0:26
Tags: environmentally, friendly, generation, hydrokinetic, jet, plants, power, under, water
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Debate on biofuels
Written by admin on March 6, 2009 – 12:48 pm -
Professor Jepma’s statement: Switching to other fuels as (bio)gas and second generation biofuels could alleviate the pressure on the oil market. Do you agree or disagree? You can go to www.knowledgedebate.org to give your opinion!
Duration : 0:7:27
Tags: bio, biofuels, Catrinus, Debate, economics, energy, environment, fuel, generation, Jepma, Knowledge, oil, RUG, second, sustainability
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TRANSITION to a RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE
Written by admin on March 4, 2009 – 3:04 pm -
Dr. Donald Aitken ( http://www.donaldaitkenassociates.com/ ), physicist,…
Duration : 0:49:55
Tags: "Donald, aitken, Design, Economy, energy, generation, power, renewable, solar, solar-hydrogen, tidal, wind
Posted in Solar energy | 3 Comments »
Starpower – the future energy source
Written by admin on February 24, 2009 – 10:57 pm -
On April 1st, The Norwegian energy company Statkraft announced that they have developed so-called gamma capturers that will capture the energy generated when stars explode.
Duration : 0:1:0
Tags: advertisement, commercial, electricity, gamma, generation, norway, power, reklame, star, Starpower, Statkraft, Stjernekraft
Posted in New energy sources | 25 Comments »
Hydrogen production from water by aluminum corrosion
Written by admin on January 21, 2009 – 9:03 pm -
Patented process. More information at the article Lluís Soler, Angélica María Candela, Jorge Macanás, Maria Muñoz, Juan Casado “In situ generation of hydrogen from water by aluminum corrosion in solutions of sodium aluminate” Journal of Power Sources 2009. Article in press. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.11.009
Duration : 0:3:1
Tags: alumini, aluminio, aluminum, cell, cells, fuel, generation, hidrogen, hidrogeno, Hydrogen, production
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Law 270.7 – Lecture 11 – Biomass & Biofuels, and Landfill Gas…
Written by admin on December 27, 2008 – 7:37 am -
November 5, 2008
A look at current practice and potential related to biomass use for powerplants, and the evolving effort to develop viable biofuels for transportation. Addressing the energy payback and carbon neutrality of biomass and biofuels; Indirect effect of water pollution and waste management laws on the development of renewable energy.
Duration : 2:9:44
Tags: "distributed, "municipal, "rate, alternative, biofuel, biomass, coal, Demand, deregulation, Design, distribution, economic, Efficiency, Electric, electricity, energy, environment, Fuels, gas, generation, geothermal, green, hydroelectric, management, natural, nuclear, oil, Photovoltaics, power, public, regulation", renewable, response, setting", side, solar, transmission, utilities, Windpower
Posted in Bio-fuels | 13 Comments »
Obama Energy Secretary Steven Chu – The Ultimate Fuel Technology
Written by admin on December 25, 2008 – 6:48 am -
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/13/Steve_Chu_A_New_Energy_Program
Steven Chu, future U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Obama, describes the “ultimate” development in fuel technology: an “artificial plant” that would be able to generate energy in a manner similar to photosynthesis.
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A New Energy Program with Steve Chu speaking at the Climate Change and Global Politics Conference hosted by the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
No one nation can effectively reverse the growing problems caused by our changing climate. Coordinated global efforts – between governments, corporations, and individuals – can help us conserve and develop energy resources, as well as ensure the continued growth of emerging and developed nations.
What can political leaders do? What can businesses and investors do? And what can you do? – World Affairs Council of Northern California
Steven Chu is Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Professor of Physics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Previously, he was at Stanford and Bell Laboratories. His research includes tests of fundamental physics, the development of methods to laser cool and trapatoms, polymer physics, and single moleculebiology. He has become active in the energy problem and is co-chairing an InterAcademy Council (IAC) study Transitioning to Sustainable Energy.
Chu has numerous awards, including the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Academia Sinica, and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Korean Academy of Science and Engineering.
Duration : 0:3:15
Tags: appointed, appointment, Barack, cabinet, Chu", clean, elect, energy, fuel, gas, generation, generators, green, Obama, oil, power, President!, science, secretary, steve, tech, Technology
Posted in New energy sources | 19 Comments »
Class 12: Waves, Tides, & Ocean Thermal – November 10, 2008
Written by admin on December 19, 2008 – 3:42 am -
The oceans that provide bookends for North America offer almost unlimited supplies of energy related to the movement of water. Many demonstration generating projects are on the way. These resources raise jurisdictional questions and logistical challenges.
Duration : 1:32:45
Tags: "distributed, "rate, alternative, biofuel, biomass, coal, Demand, deregulation, Design, distribution, economic, Efficiency, Electric, electricity, energy, environment, Fuels, gas, generation, geothermal, green, hydroelectric, management, natural, nuclear, oil, Photovoltaics, power, response, setting", side, solar, utilities, Windpower
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Zephyr AirDolphin 1kW wind turbine
Written by admin on November 4, 2008 – 12:13 am -
Zephyr Corporation specializes in developing and manufacturing small wind turbines.
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Duration : 0:4:24
Tags: air, cells, dolphin, energy, environmental, fuel, generation, Grid-Tie, Hydrogen, photovoltaic, power, renewable, renewables, solar, turbine, wind, zephyr, Zero-Emission
Posted in Wind power | 7 Comments »