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Britain's Largest Battery Is Actually A Lake
Published 2 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu
Dinorwig Power Station, otherwise known as Electric Mountain, is a pumped-storage hydro station in Llanberis, Wales. And yes: it's Britain's largest battery. Here's how it works.
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Gesture controlled touchscreen calculator watch
Published 2 years ago in Technology. Submitted by manro
Guess the year?
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World's Lightest Solid!
Published 2 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu
Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission. The focus of this video is silica aerogels, though graphene aerogels are now technically…
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Why V4 engines are so rare and which cars use them
Published 2 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu
The V4 engine is such a rare layout in a road car, being found predominantly instead in motorcycles.
Mike has investigated how the V4 engine works and why it is so rare, as well as researching the ultimate use of this rare engine, the Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car. 720bhp from a …
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Boston Dynamics: New Robots Now Fight Back
Published 2 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu
The new robots at Boston Dynamics keep getting more and more sophisticated... : )
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