The University of Texas at Austin Center for Electromechanics (UT-CEM) has developed a 2 kW-hr flywheel battery for energy management on a hybrid electric urban bus. The battery will recover braking energy and store excess energy generated by the prime mover. The flywheel rotor, fabricated from high-strength composites, spins at 36,000 rpm at full charge (~825 m/s tip speed), and is housed in a vacuum enclosure to minimize windage drag. A cross-section of the flywheel system design is shown. Ensuring flywheel safety is a major issue that must be addressed in using flywheels for transportation applications. In support of this activity, the durability tests performed under Phase IV of the DARPA Flywheel Safety Program, focused on this flywheel design.
If Sony's customers are all from Japan, they can even put a chain to their PSP Go and nobody would even bother
Fact is Sony's customers come from all over the world, and if they are enforcing the "Japanese attitude" on us and expect that we comply, well... Sony can go to hell
Articles and articles I've read about Hydra is that it comes in both the HW and the SW parts, with the SW sits in between DirectX and the OS
My point is why only DirectX?
Wouldn't this be cutting itself short --- and be dependent on Microsoft?
While I know that in the world we live now DirectX pwns, but if we don't offer others a chance, how are they gonna be popular enough to rival DirectX ?
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The University of Texas at Austin Center for Electromechanics (UT-CEM) has developed a 2 kW-hr flywheel battery for energy management on a hybrid electric urban bus. The battery will recover braking energy and store excess energy generated by the prime mover. The flywheel rotor, fabricated from high-strength composites, spins at 36,000 rpm at full charge (~825 m/s tip speed), and is housed in a vacuum enclosure to minimize windage drag. A cross-section of the flywheel system design is shown. Ensuring flywheel safety is a major issue that must be addressed in using flywheels for transportation applications. In support of this activity, the durability tests performed under Phase IV of the DARPA Flywheel Safety Program, focused on this flywheel design.
You never see anything doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
I have seen car burning 3 times, all in the United States. No, not in riot, cars caught fire either overheating or electrical short or whatever.
Is there any patent involved in the invention that you know of?
If there is, then there's no point of further research, since the patent holder would exert their right over everything else.
Is there a way to remedy the unsprung weight problem?
Anyone?
and we might get something that works !
Intel has cheated, can AMD avoid cheating?
"IT" is so overused, everyone and their grandmother-in-law becomes "programmer" overnight
Auction it on E-bay with the announcement that all proceeds will go to fight hunger in America
Who cares what the Japs do to themselves?
If Sony's customers are all from Japan, they can even put a chain to their PSP Go and nobody would even bother
Fact is Sony's customers come from all over the world, and if they are enforcing the "Japanese attitude" on us and expect that we comply, well... Sony can go to hell
Thank you for pointing this out :D
When a company only cares for itself and neglect the needs of its customer, it will never be successful
Road to failure awaits Sony
to force ISP to pull the plug?
2 wrongs don't make 1 right, right?
HP used to make really really good printers
I have and still use one that I purchased back in early 1990s
Is HP still making excellent printers, or are they making junk, just like the others nowadays?
A surface that inhibits barnacles is only a start, for there are other things one can do to make a ship more eco-friendly
One if obviously a more fuel efficient engine
The other is to improve the design of the propeller to make it more efficient while lessen the drag
Then there is the need for a much lighter material for the construction of the ships
Last but not least, new designs of ships are also needed.
Israel has yet to threaten anyone in the world with their nuke arsenal
On the other hand, Iran has been constantly threatening the world, even before they have their first nuke built
Israel is like the little gentle boy who happen to carry a knife for self protection
On the other hand, Iran is like that bad bully who has been threatening everybody else
Would you punish that little gentle boy for carrying a knife, for his only intention is to protect himself?
On the other hand, would you allow that bad bully to carry a knife?
You be the judge, man
No, I ain't a Jew
FERTILIZER !!!!!!!!!
it's Intel's version of USB 3
Oh no !!!
Canada does that, so is France
Where else????
How come we, the people, can't do anything about it????
First it was Nvidia, then Nvidia's control over Ageia (of PhysX chip fame)
Now it's MSI's turn in their control over Hydra
What this means is, there are only ATI and Intel out there who are seriously dabbling with graphics hardware, who are not based in Taiwan !
Articles and articles I've read about Hydra is that it comes in both the HW and the SW parts, with the SW sits in between DirectX and the OS
My point is why only DirectX?
Wouldn't this be cutting itself short --- and be dependent on Microsoft?
While I know that in the world we live now DirectX pwns, but if we don't offer others a chance, how are they gonna be popular enough to rival DirectX ?
OMG, it's happening !!!!
I know you hate MS, well, I dislike MS too, but I let my dislike of MS to affect what is right
A tax on licensing, no matter which party is being taxed, is still plain wrong !
To hell with all the BIG GOVERNMENTS !
There is no way in hell any government in the world can put a tax on licensing !
What else would the come up next? Tax on taxes?
What is LTID ?
There are indeed a lot of stuffs to research on, a lot of stuffs much more interesting and will benefit the humankind in a much more effective ways
But those "scientists" on the "re-discovery" trip don't care, all they are after is an 8-month adventure
And they want us to watch them doing that?