Tag Archives: Mike Reeves-McMillan

May 21

Wind turbine makes 1,000 liters of clean water a day in the desert

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Originally shared by Danie van der Merwe

Wind turbine makes 1,000 liters of clean water a day in the desert

A cool new concept being tested in the Abu Dhabi desert uses a wind turbine to condense water from the air and pump it into storage tanks for filtration and purification. The technology was created by Eole Water after its founder, Marc Parent, was inspired by the water he could collect from his air conditioner unit while living in the Caribbean. He began thinking of ways that water could be condensed from air in areas without access to grid power and the wind turbine concept was born.

The 30-kW wind turbine houses and powers the whole system. Air is taken in through vents in the nose cone of the turbine and then heated by a generator to make steam. The steam goes through a cooling compressor that creates moisture which is then condensed and collected. The water produced is sent through pipes down to stainless steel storage tanks where it’s filtered and purified.

See https://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/wind-turbine-makes-clean-water-desert.html

https://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/wind-turbine-makes-clean-water-desert.html

May 20

Sometimes when I don’t believe something in a story it’s not from inadequate foreshadowing; it’s from inadequate…

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Sometimes when I don’t believe something in a story it’s not from inadequate foreshadowing; it’s from inadequate research. But overall, this is useful.

Originally shared by Samantha Dunaway Bryant

Some good advice on what steps to take with common bits of feedback you might receive in critique.

https://medium.com/@writersrelief/the-authors-unofficial-guide-to-critique-translation-4682b4df4267
May 20

There’s an episode of the excellent Gastropod food/history/science podcast about kelp farming – can’t remember the…

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There’s an episode of the excellent Gastropod food/history/science podcast about kelp farming – can’t remember the title, but it’s one of the early episodes. Fascinating stuff.

Originally shared by Derrick “Quite Clever” Sanders

Don’t let Bren Smith and Greenwave get lost in the turmoil…

This is a paradigm shift…

http://greenwave.org/profile/bren-smith/

http://greenwave.org/profile/bren-smith/

May 19

Not only have women always written space opera; they’ve always written some of the best space opera.

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Not only have women always written space opera; they’ve always written some of the best space opera.

Originally shared by Daniel Swensen

“It never even occurred to the men writing and directing this film that they might even out the gender balance. They just went ahead and did what they always do…In each generation, one is chosen to be named on all the lists and cited by all the Serious People. Once she’s selected, the Serious People dust off their hands and say, “There. We have a female. That’s sorted.” And go right back to focusing on male writers and ignoring the rest of the females.”

http://www.tor.com/2017/05/15/from-dark-to-dark-yes-women-have-always-written-space-opera/

http://www.tor.com/2017/05/15/from-dark-to-dark-yes-women-have-always-written-space-opera/
May 18

AI in your hand. Looking through your camera.

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AI in your hand. Looking through your camera.

Originally shared by Raja Mitra

Google Lens will understand the content in images using AI and help you initiate any action desired too. #IO2017

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/17/google-lens-will-let-smartphone-cameras-understand-what-they-see-and-take-action/?ncid=rss&utm_source=tctwreshare&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&sr_share=twitter