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Slashdot has often featured articles from Israeli companies that seem to me to be fraudulent. For example, The Car That Makes Its Own Fuel. That Slashdot story links to this article: The Car That Makes Its Own Fuel.

The crux is to use "Magnetically coupled resonance" to achieve efficient power transfer to prevent the vast majority of power from being broadcast into space (read wasted) when no receiver is present to absorb it. Unfortunately that very feature seems to severely limit the transmission range.

So I wouldn't worry about long-distance power transmission through the air just yet.

I'm more worried about plans for space-based power transmission which were recently green-lighted in California. For example, what happens when the beam from such satellites shifts from the intended receiver area to, say, a residential block?

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power#cite_note-intensity-41 at the center of the downward beam, we would be looking at 23 mW/cm2 (and 1 mW/cm2 outside the center), compared to OSHA workplace exposure limits for microwaves, which are 10 mW/cm2. Not bad, but not good either. Suppose someone goofs and directs the beam onto a kindergarten and leaves it there for a week. What then?

Those 23 mW might not look like much, but it's still 230 W/m2, and it's radio-frequency which penetrates far deeper than visible light. I simply don't know how detrimental that is, but I'd like to be sure of the potential long-term effects before anything like that is built, let alone switched on. I'm certainly no Luddite, but in the light of e.g. findings like these (see http://www.isracast.com/article.aspx?id=57) about the detrimental effects of 2mW of 1.1GHz radiation on eye lenses I feel we ought to be careful. Signal-level transmission at 2mW is one thing, but power level transmission at 23mW/cm2 is something else.

Spider silk has been synthesised, and there are genetically modified goats that secret spider silk proteins in their milk. Strength to weight wise, spider silk is comparable to Kevlar.
http://www.isracast.com/tech_news/271204_tech.htm

Steve

Erm, no... that's why I'd use a little device, into which I'd enter a PIN, causing it to generate and tap out the long authentication sequence for me—and much more rapidly than I could ever tap it out myself!

It's funny, they even mention such a device in the article ;-)

Alright, IsraCast, the material is strong. We get the point.

But did you really need to give the armor a six-pack?

I clicked on the link that says "Zinc to produce Hydrogen" and it appears (according to the diagram that in the first stage the Zinc does separate from the Oxygen, using carbon... which then appears to make CO (or carbon monoxide)as a byproduct... I can't imagine there being a good use for THAT substance anywhere...

After I posted the comment above, I began thinking that maybe IsraCast is deliberately involved in fraud.

The article referenced in the Slashdot story is, basically, an advertisement for investment. (See the information at the bottom.) That also raises the issue of whether Slashdot editors are taking money for publishing "science" articles that are actually advertisements.

Here is another comment about an article recently carried by Slashdot that seems mostly either public relations or an advertisement for a "charity" to get money: Kindness, or maximizing shareholder value?

There are several problems with the IsraCast article referenced in the Slashdot story:

1) A car is shown in the The Car That Makes Its Own Fuel, but according to the article, no car exists.

2) A car using the technology does not "make its own fuel", as the article says, but uses heavy cartridges of magnesium or aluminum.

3) The technique of using a hot metal and water to make hydrogen has been known for more than 100 years. It is not new. The problem is the enormous expense of refining the resultant metal oxide, with processes that, at present, pollute heavily.

4) The article says that superheated steam and hydrogen enter the combustion chamber. My understanding is that it is well known that such engines have terrible problems with corrosion.

Here is another advertisement of an "investment opportunity" published by IsraCast: Out Of The Box Thinking Produces Safer Water. Quote: "By taking the UV source out of the water and projecting it into the quartz chamber, Atlantium's engineers are able to supply homogeneous distribution of the UV rays..." My understanding is that the method described is used in water purification installations all over the world. It is not new. Note the request for investment at the bottom.

IsraCast's biggest fraud, of course, is the typical Jewish one of presenting Jews as peace-loving victims. When Israel came into existence in 1948, the land was already occupied by Arabs. These Arabs quite understandably resent being pushed out of their land. (I'm against both Jewish and Arab violence.)

The book, The Arabs by David Lamb discusses the violent takeover of Arab land by Jews, among many other subjects. The book is very well written. The story of the takeover is just the normal one that is recounted in many books.

According to a video interview I saw of Abba Evan, a famous Jewish leader, at the end of World War II the Jews were not welcome in any European or North American country. (David Lamb says the same thing.) The position of the Jews about this is that the dislike is entirely unwarranted. However, widely different cultures have objected to Jewish behavior since at least 3,200 years ago when an Egyptian pharaoh had some problem with them.

Of all the cultures I've studied, the Jewish culture is the least able to examine its own behavior.

Another Jewish fraud is getting American taxpayers to pay for violent, immoral Jewish activities toward Arabs. Most Americans don't know this, but the U.S. government supports the killing of Arabs by supporting a scheme of embezzlement: U.S. weapons makers and other largely secret influences have arranged that Israel be given about $5 billion each year as "foreign aid". (The figure varies somewhat each year, and may not be accurate for this year.) But the money can be used only to buy U.S.-made weapons, like the American-made AH-64 Apache helicopter used to kill this Arab leader:

After I posted the comment above, I began thinking that maybe IsraCast is deliberately involved in fraud.

The article referenced in the Slashdot story is, basically, an advertisement for investment. (See the information at the bottom.) That also raises the issue of whether Slashdot editors are taking money for publishing "science" articles that are actually advertisements.

Here is another comment about an article recently carried by Slashdot that seems mostly either public relations or an advertisement for a "charity" to get money: Kindness, or maximizing shareholder value?

There are several problems with the IsraCast article referenced in the Slashdot story:

1) A car is shown in the The Car That Makes Its Own Fuel, but according to the article, no car exists.

2) A car using the technology does not "make its own fuel", as the article says, but uses heavy cartridges of magnesium or aluminum.

3) The technique of using a hot metal and water to make hydrogen has been known for more than 100 years. It is not new. The problem is the enormous expense of refining the resultant metal oxide, with processes that, at present, pollute heavily.

4) The article says that superheated steam and hydrogen enter the combustion chamber. My understanding is that it is well known that such engines have terrible problems with corrosion.

Here is another advertisement of an "investment opportunity" published by IsraCast: Out Of The Box Thinking Produces Safer Water. Quote: "By taking the UV source out of the water and projecting it into the quartz chamber, Atlantium's engineers are able to supply homogeneous distribution of the UV rays..." My understanding is that the method described is used in water purification installations all over the world. It is not new. Note the request for investment at the bottom.

IsraCast's biggest fraud, of course, is the typical Jewish one of presenting Jews as peace-loving victims. When Israel came into existence in 1948, the land was already occupied by Arabs. These Arabs quite understandably resent being pushed out of their land. (I'm against both Jewish and Arab violence.)

The book, The Arabs by David Lamb discusses the violent takeover of Arab land by Jews, among many other subjects. The book is very well written. The story of the takeover is just the normal one that is recounted in many books.

According to a video interview I saw of Abba Evan, a famous Jewish leader, at the end of World War II the Jews were not welcome in any European or North American country. (David Lamb says the same thing.) The position of the Jews about this is that the dislike is entirely unwarranted. However, widely different cultures have objected to Jewish behavior since at least 3,200 years ago when an Egyptian pharaoh had some problem with them.

Of all the cultures I've studied, the Jewish culture is the least able to examine its own behavior.

Another Jewish fraud is getting American taxpayers to pay for violent, immoral Jewish activities toward Arabs. Most Americans don't know this, but the U.S. government supports the killing of Arabs by supporting a scheme of embezzlement: U.S. weapons makers and other largely secret influences have arranged that Israel be given about $5 billion each year as "foreign aid". (The figure varies somewhat each year, and may not be accurate for this year.) But the money can be used only to buy U.S.-made weapons, like the American-made AH-64 Apache helicopter used to kill this Arab leader:

After I posted the comment above, I began thinking that maybe IsraCast is deliberately involved in fraud.

The article referenced in the Slashdot story is, basically, an advertisement for investment. (See the information at the bottom.) That also raises the issue of whether Slashdot editors are taking money for publishing "science" articles that are actually advertisements.

Here is another comment about an article recently carried by Slashdot that seems mostly either public relations or an advertisement for a "charity" to get money: Kindness, or maximizing shareholder value?

There are several problems with the IsraCast article referenced in the Slashdot story:

1) A car is shown in the The Car That Makes Its Own Fuel, but according to the article, no car exists.

2) A car using the technology does not "make its own fuel", as the article says, but uses heavy cartridges of magnesium or aluminum.

3) The technique of using a hot metal and water to make hydrogen has been known for more than 100 years. It is not new. The problem is the enormous expense of refining the resultant metal oxide, with processes that, at present, pollute heavily.

4) The article says that superheated steam and hydrogen enter the combustion chamber. My understanding is that it is well known that such engines have terrible problems with corrosion.

Here is another advertisement of an "investment opportunity" published by IsraCast: Out Of The Box Thinking Produces Safer Water. Quote: "By taking the UV source out of the water and projecting it into the quartz chamber, Atlantium's engineers are able to supply homogeneous distribution of the UV rays..." My understanding is that the method described is used in water purification installations all over the world. It is not new. Note the request for investment at the bottom.

IsraCast's biggest fraud, of course, is the typical Jewish one of presenting Jews as peace-loving victims. When Israel came into existence in 1948, the land was already occupied by Arabs. These Arabs quite understandably resent being pushed out of their land. (I'm against both Jewish and Arab violence.)

The book, The Arabs by David Lamb discusses the violent takeover of Arab land by Jews, among many other subjects. The book is very well written. The story of the takeover is just the normal one that is recounted in many books.

According to a video interview I saw of Abba Evan, a famous Jewish leader, at the end of World War II the Jews were not welcome in any European or North American country. (David Lamb says the same thing.) The position of the Jews about this is that the dislike is entirely unwarranted. However, widely different cultures have objected to Jewish behavior since at least 3,200 years ago when an Egyptian pharaoh had some problem with them.

Of all the cultures I've studied, the Jewish culture is the least able to examine its own behavior.

Another Jewish fraud is getting American taxpayers to pay for violent, immoral Jewish activities toward Arabs. Most Americans don't know this, but the U.S. government supports the killing of Arabs by supporting a scheme of embezzlement: U.S. weapons makers and other largely secret influences have arranged that Israel be given about $5 billion each year as "foreign aid". (The figure varies somewhat each year, and may not be accurate for this year.) But the money can be used only to buy U.S.-made weapons, like the American-made AH-64 Apache helicopter used to kill this Arab leader:

Assuming that this would be viable... One little problem that the article fails to mention is that the 'revolutionary' and 'clean' process for getting all that ZnO into useable Zn using only the sun is... *Carbon Monoxide*. Israsat calls that a 'minor byproduct'. They might have a bit of work to do before this is called a clean source of energy if you ask me.

http://www.isracast.com/tech_news/081004_tech.htm It also looks interesting don't you think?

As to no known usefulness of going to the moon, I'd like to at least
give partial credit to the discovery of the presence of helium-3 .

In oil equivalency at about $1.50 a barrel it was estimated worth about 12,000 Trillion dollars .

If it could be acquired at a reasonable cost it would be worth while .

Article from Space.com :

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/helium3_0006 30.html

Working helium-3 reactor in US :

http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/iec/GeneralOpPics.htm

***** I really do not think ppl fully understand how truly awesome it is to hear how
cheaply this can be built, and that it already works . *****

I think sending ppl up there is a bad idea, because it cost more to feed/house them .

Send robots that can repair each other, and send 10, if one breaks down it uses the other
for spare parts . If the 10 bot project works , send 100, and so on .....

Make them Solar powered, and make them remote control .

To launch H3 canisters off lunar surface use solar powered mass driver as was
theorized by NASA a long time ago .

H3 canister sitting at a La Grange point with a space station, shuttle ( or its replacement )
picks up canister for return to earth or place canister in heat shielded re-entry capsule
and drop it in the pacific, add inertial gyros for guidance, parachute for drag .

We need better robot rovers than the ones we sent to mars, and this would be a good test bed
as the delay for RF between the earth and the moon is alot shorter than from here to mars .

Build and test the bots here on earth, get all major nations involved, offer the power to the
world with no strings attached as a total end to oil .

Once things are cranked up on moon, and lots of robots are harvesting H3, have some take some
time to dig an underground cavern that can be used as a moonbase shielded from at least smaller
meteor bombardment .

Use the moon as ur building point in an underground hangar, and then launch into space with
a H3 powered mass driver from the moon, then the transport can use zero G drive system to travel to
stable high orbit around mars thus avoiding a rocket type lift off from the moon .

A larger scale Bio-sphere type project will need to be done here on earth to see if it is feasible,
though I must say the astronauts manage well in the tin can called ISS , a underground moonbase
would offer a LOT more cu. ft.

The lunar soil needs to be heated, and this can be done like the solar heat furnace in the mojave
that is used as a 350M watt power source .

http://www.isracast.com/tech_news/130305_tech.htm

It is possible, and it is worth doing and with the world energy needs going up, we really don't
have alot of choice in the matter . We need more energy and we need it soon .

Only other hope would be bubble fusion, but it has not progressed as far as this .

Peace,
Ex-MislTech

holy shit you guys. if this isn't a perfect example of, "don't believe everything you read on the net". remind me to never put my life on the line with a 'certified expert' diver...

anyway... that dude in the pic could be ron howard's lost twin. they are absolutely identical.

Uh, you mean the one that's labeled "Emergency Air Supply" on this image?

Now you'll need a reserve battery (for your reserve air)

Or a small airtank like they show in the article.

"Engineers have tried to overcome these limitations for many years now. Nuclear submarines and the international space station use systems that generate Oxygen from water by performing 'Electrolysis', which is chemical separation of Oxygen from Hydrogen." ~From http://www.isracast.com/tech_news/310505_tech.htm

The last time I checked..electrolysis was just forcing a current through a cell to cause a nonspontaneous chemical reaction.. They went a little too far with trying to simplify that..or they just didn't know what they were talking about...

Now you just need some batteries: "Calculations showed that a one kilo Lithium battery can provide a diver with about one hour of diving time."

Does that make it lighter or heavier than existing oxygen tanks?

Sounds to me like a job for nuclear-powered batteries.