Yes, its true, transmission speeds and routing capacity are usually measured in bits rather than megs or kb. (this probably has something to do with the whole kb/mb doesn't follow powers of ten thing)
It is tied to oil, but methinks that this probably produces a much better energy per (black stuff consumed / pollutants produced) than most available technology. Certainly not a solution, but definitely an improvement on the current situation.
Holy balls.
If this article is spot on, they've doubled the efficiency of the current technology (which converts at about 40%) AND done it in such a way that the stuff is cheaper to manufacture AND made it flexible.
This is the sort of thing that can have a real (and probably positive) impact on the world we know. Amazing.
The only remaining question (I didn't see anything about it in TFA) is how durable this stuff is compared to the current panels.
From a historical standpoint, the US government has little experience with commercial enterprise... but has an amazing record for driving innovation during war-time.
obviously we need to get on the ball and invade china.
With all the effort Amazon has put behind defending its products like Kindle from open source meddling, I would be shocked if they reversed their business strategy.
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Yes, its true, transmission speeds and routing capacity are usually measured in bits rather than megs or kb. (this probably has something to do with the whole kb/mb doesn't follow powers of ten thing)
It is tied to oil, but methinks that this probably produces a much better energy per (black stuff consumed / pollutants produced) than most available technology. Certainly not a solution, but definitely an improvement on the current situation.
Holy balls. If this article is spot on, they've doubled the efficiency of the current technology (which converts at about 40%) AND done it in such a way that the stuff is cheaper to manufacture AND made it flexible. This is the sort of thing that can have a real (and probably positive) impact on the world we know. Amazing. The only remaining question (I didn't see anything about it in TFA) is how durable this stuff is compared to the current panels.
Had I mod points, you would get +1 Insightful....
the option for customers to run dedicated servers are better. ...
but seriously, who plays Madden anyway?
and the ability to run apps outside of the browser.
It seems to me like this offers a remarkable opportunity for some very serious vulnerabilities if it is not handled very very carefully.
From a historical standpoint, the US government has little experience with commercial enterprise... but has an amazing record for driving innovation during war-time.
obviously we need to get on the ball and invade china.
With all the effort Amazon has put behind defending its products like Kindle from open source meddling, I would be shocked if they reversed their business strategy.
and has shown its portents to be but one word off. *real* Plastic Trees.
Why the British government would drag is feet on something like this is an Enigma to me.
One step closer to a nigh-untraceable Annoy-a-tron