US researchers become first to 3D-print steam turbine blades

if only for its integration with other Google services.

Its Rapid Roll Solar PV system consists of flexible solar panels that can be unrolled from a small trailer unit within two minutes to provide 11 kW of power.Cardiff Council in the UK is about to test out this technology on a small island off the coast of Wales.

A larger version can be unrolled from a shipping container in less than an hour for 300 kW of power.Solar panels that can be unfurled like carpet could be a game changer where portable power solutions are neededNow a project from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has outlined plans for turbines that would sit alongside tetrapods.

6 in) attached to a permanent magnet electric generator encased in ceramic to keep the damaging seawater out.The electrical energy created would be channeled through a cable in the support stem and back to shore to feed into the grid.

Star-shaped concrete structures called tetrapods are often used to protect coastlines from eroding away under the constant barrage of waves.

which uses a 360-degree rotating float mechanism; a system of buoys attached to a jetty in Gibraltar that rise and fall with the waves; a proposed system from UC Berkeley that would absorb that energy by carpeting the seafloor; and an artificial blowhole in development in Australia that captures energy from air displaced by waves This entirely predictable land rush of uncritical Clinton praise will no doubt include many self-identified lefties who have joined Clintons cause during the campaign season.

That saves us a lot of time and repetition as we review Hillary Clintons propensities toward co-governance with both Wall Street and the Pentagon and her abhorrence of anything deemed truly progressive.November 3: Were pleased to provide second installment in our hypothetical debate on what a blowout win for Hillary Clinton might mean for her critics on the left.

I remain convinced that tons of them will quickly rally to defend her against the inevitable Republican onslaught.The hope for a narrow victory is based on the idea that any illusion of a mandate for Clinton will empower her to pursue her dubious policies.