Introducing the Liquid Battery!

Just as you thought that innovation couldn't get better; liquid battery power. Rice University has beat scientists to the next new technology advancement. The problem with today's batteries is that they're bulky and take up much space. A couple years back scientist started researching and creating a battery form that took up less space but could hold the same charge. After many experiments and tests and trials; in 2009, they created a battery on a simple page of printer paper. They used nanotubes to store energy and generate electricity. After the announcement they predicted that printable battery power would be available to the public soon since this technology had been discovered. Today we now have a technology that can be virtually painted on any surface. The liquid battery contains lithium ion and use of a solar cell. The two created light-emitting diodes to create the word "RICE" at a steady 2.4 volts. The liquid battery lasted six hours. How is that for impressive?

Check out the original link here: http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2012/0924/Liquid-power-New-battery-can-be-painted-on-most-surfaces

Russia's Big Secret

Russia has a secret that can supply global markets for another 3,000 years right in Eastern Siberia. Forty-two years ago, Russia found the jackpot of all fortunate findings. Under a thirty-five million year old asteroid crater that has 62 mile diameter, a diamond field was found containing supposedly trillions of carats. They say that these diamonds are impact stones, created by force by the crater hitting earth and hitting a diamond deposit. Though these gems could quite well be from space inside of the rocks. They would be inside of the crater, of course, because they are the last mineral to form and crystalize. This great finding will soon have great plans because of the uniqueness. The main customers for the gems are expected to be big corporations and scientific institutions.

Attention! Attention! Which is best?

Recently a new website called Bingiton.com has a competition going between google and bing. Bing was created by Microsoft, which Microsoft claims that their search engine is a more accurate and helpful engine for the public to use. The goal of the website is to leave it up to the user behind the screen to vote from two columns of information that helped them the most. They do not reveal which one was chosen more over the other after five "rounds". They give you a few keywords, or you can come up with your own. Basically it is  a survey put out by Bing, or more over Microsoft to see which search engine is of better use to the public. Many believe it is of internet search habits that google is chosen more likely than Bing, but Bing insists that it is the much better and useful engine to use. This is not the first time that Microsoft has used blind-test methods of getting people's attention to their products over any others.

MPGe to the Future!

What is the new term MPGe? It is a term to describe what the new innovating future of cars will be. The newest term MPGe simply is a way of telling a customer the electric energy being used the car equivalent to gas. What if you could buy a car that get 126 MPGe in the city? Mitsubishi will present their latest accomplished project called “Mitsubishi i”. The term MPGe does not settle with all science majors, because of measurement differences. But Margo Oge believes that it is easier for the public to relate to and understand. He says, “We had a lot of our technical people that were excited about using kilowatts per hour or per mile, but when you go and talk to the general public, they are very familiar with m.p.g. and they love m.p.g.” Of course this is what they are use to, and use to hearing. This was challenging to create a measurement that was familiar out of two sources of energy that have different unit measurements. They created the bridge when they discovered that one gallon of gas creates 115,000 of British termal units of HEAT. They ran a test to electricity to create the same amount, which turns out to be 34 kilowatt-hours. Even though you have you equivalent ways of measuring, gasoline and charging the car are not the same prices. To charge the car for 100 miles, if your paying 12 cents per kWh, which is average, will cost you $4.32. You can expect to pay 36 kWh times whatever your home electricity bill is. These nifty little cars are not expected to reach high retail numbers, but you can see as the world is being changed by upcoming innovation, cars will be challenged to become more fuel-efficient. Make sure to check out http://fueleconomy.gov/ For a better understanding this new technology.

Shannon Smits