Thought For The Day

Spark That Engine With A Laser

Yet another breakthrough in energy efficiency comes from a Japanese company that has developed a laser spark plug for internal combustion engines. It may be possible to develop conversion kits for vehicles already on the road. The savings in energy efficiency could be substantial. Every little bit helps. Hurry up!

Building Guitars You'll Keep

Santa Cruz Guitar Co. is hand-crafting some fine acoustic guitars. Learn why that is important for the lucky souls that are fortunate enough to own them.

Why You Should Care About the iPhone Location-Tracking Issue

As much as I like Apple technology, this bit of information released last week is disturbing. Both Apple and MicroSoft have been cozying up to the Feds for some years now. People need to be seeking the true agenda.

Going Electric on the Highway

Jim Hopf, senior nuclear engineer of EnergySolutions (same company I work for) gives his assessment of the current status of the electric automobile in the USA. He sounds pretty optimistic and he is putting his money where his mouth is.

Sunlight Straight To Power

Researchers at the Univ. of Michigan have discovered a way to convert sunlight directly to electric power without traditional semiconductor based solar cells using magnetic effects of photons that has been thought by established physics to be insignificant.

Light at the right intensity traveling through a non-conducting material can generate magnetic effects that are 100 million times stronger that previously expected. This article states that this is very early major news.

A New Way to Produce Hydrogen

A research group from Switzerland has developed a new catalyst that is a breakthrough in the generation of hydrogen. One step closer to economic hydrogen production from water.