FE_updates : Message: Steorn Jury verdict: no excess energy; round-world solar plane

Featured: Magnet Motors > Steorn >
Steorn Jury issues verdict: no excess energy - After nearly three years of review, the jury selected by Steorn to validate their claim to a free energy device has issued a verdict: Steorn's process does not produce energy. Despite the negative results of this jury, Steorn continues to allege that they will have such a product available to go into production by the end of this year. (PESN; June 28, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)

Perpetual Motion / Gravity Motors >
The Physical Principles of Unworkable Devices - . Perpetual motion machine inventors do have principles. Unfortunately the physical principles they assume are often ones not obeyed by nature. Let's examine just a few that stand in the way of these idealistic people who seek to make a machine that outputs more work than is required to run it. (Donald Simanek at IHUP.edu)

Global Warming > Politics >
EPA Quashed Report Skeptical of Global Warming - Less than two weeks before the EPA formally submitted its pro-carbon dioxide regulation recommendation to the White House, an EPA center director quashed a 98-page report that warned against making hasty 'decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data. (CNet; June 27, 2009)

Solar > Vehicles >
Round-the-world solar plane debut - Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who made history in 1999 by circling the globe non-stop in a balloon, has unveiled a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes to fly around the world in 2012, using super-efficient solar cells, batteries, motors, propellers, and a wingspan the size of a Airbus 340 to get it through the dark hours. (BBC; June 26, 2009)

Batteries > Lithium
Waterproof lithium-air batteries 10x more energy dense than Li-ion - A company based in Berkeley, CA, is developing lightweight, high-energy batteries that can use the surrounding air as a cathode. PolyPlus is partnering with a manufacturing firm to develop single-use lithium metal-air batteries for the government, and it expects these batteries to be on the market within a few years. (MIT Technology Review; June 26, 2009)

Marine >
Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles - Today�s marine renewable energy industry is commonly compared to the wind industry of the 1980's and early 1990's. At that time, there were many competing technologies being developed and thousands of turbines were broken during the testing process; but it won't take 15 years to catch up. (Renewable Energy World; June 24, 2009)

Wind > Tools
Slip Rings for Wind Power (video) - Slip Rings by Moog Components Group, utilize fiber brush sliding contact technology, making them a �no maintenance� rotary devices for transferring electrical power and signals; and eliminates the need for common slip ring maintenance procedures such as vacuuming of brush debris, lubrication, regular inspection for wear, and brush replacement. (Engineering TV; June 22, 2009)

Biofuel > Algae
Blooming Biofuel: How Algae Could Provide the Solution - The distant sparkle of algae is coming into focus. Interest is growing exponentially and a handful of companies are planning the leap from research to commercial production of algae-based fuels. The tiny plants can produce at least 15 times more oil per hectare than alternatives. (RenewableEnergyWorld; June 22, 2009)

Electric Vehicles > Motorbikes >
Yamaha set to launch hybrid production motorcycle for 2010 - Yamaha's Gen-Ryu uses a YZF-R6 600cc engine to turn a generator which in turn powers an electric motor to turn the rear wheel, delivering the type of performance normally associated with a much larger capacity engine, and is packaged as a futuristic cruiser with advanced aerodynamics and noise cancelling in the cockpit area. (GizMag; June 22, 2009) (Image Gallery)

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