Can Utility Scale Nuclear Batteries Be Economical?

Shell Oil and Southern Electric utility company had a 2021 research paper that explored if nuclear batteries could be economical for generating power. (Above – (a) MIT’s conceptualization of a nuclear battery (NB) with integrated gas turbine; (b) LANL’s Megapower; (c) NASA and LANL’s KRUSTY/Kilopower reactor using Stirling engine technology for space applications; (d) Westinghouse’s …

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The UNSTOPPABLE Battle for Super AI and Humanoid Bot

In an interview with Bill Gates, Sam Altman says he is super-excited for AI applied to robotics. Sam Altman – “We have to go do this thing. This is now an UNSTOPPABLE technological course. The value is too great.” Tens of billions of dollars are going into the effort to dominate technology and transform the …

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XPeng Flying Car

XPeng showed off an updated eVTOL flying car which is multiple helicopter like propellers that fold out of the back. During a press event held live at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, XPeng AeroHT shared significant updates on the progress of its “flying car” technology. First, the Land Aircraft Carrier in the featured image above …

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Tesla 4680 Battery Chemistry Upgrade for 20% Energy Improvement in First Half of 2024

Joe Tegtmeyer described the Telsla 4680 battery chemistry upgrade. At the end of 2023, the 4680 battery chemical composition ratios in Cathode material was NMC 811 (80% Nickel, 10% Lithium, 10% Cobalt). However, Tesla is finishing the process of transitioning over to NMC 955 now that we are in 2024. They are also trialing asymmetric …

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Zero-boil-off Space Fuel Depots

One crucial area to enable trips to Mars is the long-duration storage of cryogenic propellants in various space environments. Relevant propellants include liquid Hydrogen (LH2) for high specific impulse Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) which can be deployed in strategic locations in advance of a mission. Such LH2 storage tanks could be used to refill a …

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Summary of the Seokbae Lee PCPOSOS Superconductor Talk

Here is a summary from a korean who attended the Seokbae Lee superconductor talk. I attended the vision declaration ceremony of the Quantum Industry Convergence Leading Group held today at the main building of Yonsei University Daewoo Hall and summarized the contents. ㅇ Reason for holding the vision declaration ceremony – LK99 has become such …

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Korean News Video of the LK99 Talk – Seems to Show New Images and Video of Levitation and Other Material Work

There is a Korean news video of the recent LK99 talk by Sukbae Lee. There seems be video of more the LK99 experiments. UPDATE: Link to a good transcript/translation of the full 45 minute Seokbae Lee talk. Automated Translation of the Korean Transcript: There are errors in the Korean language transcript and more errors in …

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Next Generation Heat Pumps Are Ready to Scale and Save Over $500/Year Household Heating

Commercial heat pump makers have developed next generation cold climate heat pumps. Next-generation cold-climate heat pumps—a key clean energy technology that can potentially save households $500 a year or more on their utility bills while also slashing harmful carbon emissions. The DOE Challenge specifies that prototypes deliver 100% heating capacity without the use of auxiliary …

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Microsoft Using AI and Quantum Simulation Discovered Better Battery Material in Weeks Not Years

Microsoft Quantum team used AI to identify around 500,000 stable materials in the space of a few days. New battery material came out of a collaboration using Microsoft’s Azure Quantum Elements to winnow 32 million potential inorganic materials to 18 promising candidates that could be used in battery development in just 80 hours. This work …

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