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Maybe I'm a bit out of the loop here, but from a purely technological standpoint, was anybody else's world just flipped upside down? Prior to this article/vide
by guynamedloren 16y ago
Maybe I'm a bit out of the loop here, but from a purely technological standpoint, was anybody else's world just flipped upside down? Prior to this article/video, I had absolutely no idea that biomass could be converted into useful and readily available energy, nor has the thought ever crossed my mind in even the faintest of ways.
A life-like humanoid robot comes to mind, that flawlessly mimics human traits including breathing, speaking, and moving, and to top it all off, they don't have to roll back to their charging station at the end of the day, because they got all of the energy they needed for the next day while sitting next to you at the dinner table munching on some beef. Suddenly this all seems so very attainable.
- sesqu 16y agoBiomass is old hat. Wood, peat, ethanol, methane - plenty of energy comes from that stuff. However, I had never heard of non-plant biomass use before, so this is interesting indeed. The trouble with biomass is that we're not great at extracting the energy yet, so it's not good for energy transport. For the same reason, I don't think we'll be seeing taco-powered robots anytime soon - although vegetable oil and ethanol do show promise as a swap-in for petrol, and cars have been adapted for straight-up biomass in times of crisis. Here, you might be interested in this: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/juan_enriquez_wants_to_gro...