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NYC Subways Testing Flywheels

Posted by michael on from the next-stop-42nd-street dept.

socolow writes "The New York Times (free registration required) has an article about the NYC subway system's use of flywheels to store the braking energy of trains approaching stations. Not only does this advance the development of flywheel energy storage, but it will help relieve a lot of the heat subways generate (always appreciated during the summer)."

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  1. What about Urine power? by tcd004 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    the title says it all.

    Play the stock market drinking game!

    tcd004

  2. Re:Slashdot NYTimes Login by d3xt3r · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    oops, forgot the paragraphs:

    username: slashdot2233
    password: slashdot

    sorry!

  3. Re:Could we get a "No NYT" option? by marauder404 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can understand your desire to not have to jump through hoops to get to what you want to read. But sometimes, it's worth doing because the return is greater than the cost. So just use one of the pre-created Slashdot logins or just make a fake one yourself. Once you do it and save the cookie, they'll never ask you again.

  4. Re:Pros and Cons by linzeal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    New york is going to have some mutant bowlers coming out soon watch out abc!

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    An Education is the Font of All Liberty
  5. Random account generator? by Lethyos · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Did the NYT defeat the random account generator? It no longer seems to work for me which is extremely disappointing. My personal information is far more valuable than the right to read a few newspaper articles. (Really, how does one weigh intimate knowledge to a few quarters?)

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    Why bother.
  6. Offspring comes to mind by mh_tang · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pretty fly, for a white guy.
    Give it to me baby, uh-huh uh-huh!

    http://www.offspring.com/lyrics/lyrics_amr_pf.ht ml