How LEDs Can (Actually) Have >100% Efficiency
I am sick and tired of hearing these stories of LEDs being more than 100% efficient – that is, outputting more power than they consume. Usually, the stories are embellished, non-factual, or have a severe scientific flaw (the laws of thermodynamics have yet to actually be broken). Did they actually perform cold fusion? No, they’re [...]
Tesla’s Single Wire Power Transmission
Nikola Tesla broke much ground during his lifetime, but much of his work is still under-utilized to this very day. In the face of Anthony’s article earlier about the smart grid’s lack of solid state electronics at the power distribution level, there is a marriage of solid state switching and Tesla’s more under-appreciated work that [...]
Capitalize on Greece’s Hard Times
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard of Greece’s issues lately within the European economy. But, every cloud has a silver lining, and just like Oscar Shindler profited off of World War II (before his philanthropic life-saving), you too can capitalize off of a European situation.
Google CEO Larry Page Disappears, Services Suffer
“Where the fuck is Larry Page?” is the question on everyone’s minds – tech followers, Googlers, investors/shareholders, everyone. But while I could care less about the man himself (seeing as how I don’t know him personally), Google’s services have noticably began to lag in many aspects in his presence. Why is this?
Do You Know What “Microsoft Windows Turds” Are?
This is not a childish slam against Windows – this is a reference to a “Microspeak” (Microsoft internal slang) term for something we all have seen, in an acknowledgement of Microsoft Windows sucking by the same team who designs it. Chances are, you’ve seen what they’re referring to by turds (source below) – but is [...]