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February 2001 Engineers in Australia are trying to tap power from the jet
stream. The plan uses a
helicopter-like device that is tethered to buoys in the ocean.
The device will lift itself because of the shape of the rotors and once
it has enough lift to keep it aloft it will then begin using excess energy to
create the electricity that then sent back down to Earth. If you need a computer the can fold up like a handkerchief
research being done at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will help you.
The scientists there have developed an ultra thin coating that blocks
oxygen and moisture without disturbing the transmission of light.
The display combines the flexibility of plastic with the protection of
glass. In 1988 Russia flew a space shuttle like spacecraft for 2
Earth orbits. The “Buran” was
slightly larger than the NASA shuttles and it was intended as a military space
plane. Russia made several designs,
one of which they claim could travel to Mars.
Before they could begin manned space flights, however, the Soviet Union
fell apart. |
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