This is my personal blog page that is all about technology with a focus on trends / advancements / gadgets coming in 5 years or less. Robots, self-driving ca...
Semi trucks are responsible for 80% of all inter-state commerce. However, the entire industry is about to radically change. Autonomous trucks are safer and far cheaper than their human counterparts. They can operate 20 to 22 hours a day and will will deduce shipping costs by about 2/3rds. As the trucking workforce average age continues to climb and drivers are retiring out of the workforce a…
Smart Flowers has created a solar panel that resembles a giant flow and open, close, and follow the sun for optimal energy conversion. This heliotropic movement, providing solar panels that track the sun all day. Check out their website for more details Solar Flowers
I believe that autonomous vehicles are coming and they are coming sooner than later. Autonomous vehicles are going to revolutionize the car industry, the shipping industry and improve mobile independence for an aging population. Imagine a semi truck that only stops to refuel or to unload or load cargo. Imagine being able to live 50 miles from your office and zip along at 80 MPW and work while…
Finland recently demonstrated it is possible to beam electricity through the air. Look Mom! No wires! While it's not ready for commercial yet, this is a big leap in wireless energy and could eventually revolutionize how energy is distributed. I won't pretend to know all the details of how it works but you can read more details at the link below Finland Wireless Electricity
The following information was recently reported by the Washington Post (in the form of a quiz) April 2023 marked a milestone that might have seemed unimaginable 30 years ago: For the first time, the United States produced more electricity from wind than coal for an entire month. It would be nearly another year before it happened again — but then it was for two consecutive months. Iowa is the U.S.…
Where are we on EVs in the US? Lets be clear, I think EVs will come to the US. But I don't think it's going to be an overnight thing. I think this for a few reasons Expense of Lithium Ion batteries Inadequate charging infrastruce Price However, battery technology is changing rapidly. The next generation of batteries will be Sodium Ion. These batteries are already in production. They rely on a…