Scientists generate 'electricity from thin air.'

[martin-w 3,235]

6 hours ago, Matthew Kane said:

Good Point, kind of like trying to create a perpetual motion machine

 

I wouldn't say its akin to a perpetual motion machine, any more than a wind turbine is, or a solar panel is. Stick a solar panel in the sun and it generates electricity from sunlight. Stick this device outside and it generates electricity from humidity.

[GHD 21]

Do wind turbines rely on "thick" air 🤪

George

 

 

[ailchim 206]

14 hours ago, birdguy said:

It seems to me that would be very location dependent.  Maritime climates could produce a lot of electricity while arid areas such as deserts very little.  Like San Francisco California and Tucson Arizona, for instance.

Noel

Although most desert areas would be excellent places to generate solar energy, so it gives a bit of balance.  Of course, humidity is 24/7, whereas solar...isn't.

[martin-w 3,235]

4 hours ago, ailchim said:

Of course, humidity is 24/7, whereas solar...isn't.

 

Not anymore, at least not exactly. There's new technology now that generates electricity even at night. Not a huge amount, pretty small, but electricity all the same. And hopefully can be enhanced with further development.  Utilizes a thermoelectric generator. Power is generated due to the difference between the cooling panel and still warm air. The generator also boosts the electricity generated during the day, by working in reverse. Existing panels can be upgraded too. 

 

 

Edited June 2, 2023 by martin-w

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

16 hours ago, martin-w said:

 

I wouldn't say its akin to a perpetual motion machine, any more than a wind turbine is, or a solar panel is. Stick a solar panel in the sun and it generates electricity from sunlight. Stick this device outside and it generates electricity from humidity.

It would be about creating the ideal conditions to make it more efficient, especially if it is intended to power the grid there would by ways of doing that, hence the reasons for my using the term 'Controlled Humidity' or a controlled environment for efficiency. No different then shoveling coal into a boiler to make the train go faster, but when the driver knows what he is doing he can also make that process more efficient too by adjusting the throttle and reversers he can make the fireman's job far more efficient, or make his day the worst day ever 🤣 

[charliearon 3,023]

21 hours ago, FBW737 said:

Newton is the one who got clobbered by an apple falling off a tree.🤪

I thought he invented the Fig Newton! 🤨

 

[dmwalker 603]

On 6/1/2023 at 4:53 PM, birdguy said:

Maritime climates could produce a lot of electricity while arid areas such as deserts very little. 

"The harvester could be designed from literally all kinds of material, offering broad choices for cost-effective and environment-adaptable fabrications. “You could imagine harvesters made of one kind of material for rainforest environments, and another for more arid regions.”

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On 6/1/2023 at 6:47 PM, TuFun said:

Ben Franklin and His Kite Experiment

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Archaeologists have unearthed a strange artifact that dates back to around 220 AD. It is a ceramic vase that holds a copper tube and iron rod. It was discovered that, if an acidic liquid like vinegar was poured into the vase, an electrical charge is generated. This discovery has been named the Baghdad battery.

Um... what were they doing with electricity in 220 AD?

Hook

[martin-w 3,235]

11 hours ago, LHookins said:

Um... what were they doing with electricity in 220 AD?

Hook

 

 

Scientists aren't sure of the exact function, but if it was some kind of battery, they think it was probably used to electroplate. Its still done in a similar way in the region, apparently.  

Or it could have been an alien stranded on the planet Earth, and he was trying to power up his alien comms device to send out an SOS and get picked up by the next starship passing by.

You chose the one you like. 😁

[dave2013 1,130]

12 hours ago, LHookins said:

Um... what were they doing with electricity in 220 AD?

This is an example of the vestiges of a very advanced civilization that existed before the Deluge about 6000 years ago.  Another example are the Piri Reis and other maps from the Middle Ages that were copies of much older maps that showed the coasts of North and South America as well as Antarctica.

I'm not saying that this civilization had computers and plastic, but they were quite advanced and had explored and mapped much of the world and did some amazing things with large stones.

Dave

[HiFlyer 9,358]

 

34 minutes ago, martin-w said:

 

 

Scientists aren't sure of the exact function, but if it was some kind of battery, they think it was probably used to electroplate. Its still done in a similar way in the region, apparently.  

Or it could have been an alien stranded on the planet Earth, and he was trying to power up his alien comms device to send out an SOS and get picked up by the next starship passing by.

You chose the one you like. 😁

There's apparently skepticism in some circles about the battery theory, but I just keep in mind that many of that type would likely have also turned up their noses at the possibility of something like the Antikythera Mechanism.... Until the evidence no longer allowed them to do so....

[dmwalker 603]

5 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

the Antikythera Mechanism

"Machines with similar complexity did not appear again until the astronomical clocks of Richard of Wallingford and Giovanni de' Dondi in the 14th century"

[martin-w 3,235]

1 hour ago, HiFlyer said:

There's apparently skepticism in some circles about the battery theory,

 

Yep, that was why I said "scientists aren't sure of the exact function, but if it was some kind of battery,"

Probably wasn't any kind of battery I would say. Batteries are pretty simple things, could have been designed for a mundane purpose. Coincidence. 

 

 

[martin-w 3,235]

1 hour ago, dmwalker said:

"Machines with similar complexity did not appear again until the astronomical clocks of Richard of Wallingford and Giovanni de' Dondi in the 14th century"

 

As far as we know. We may simply have not found them.