Category Archives: #Enviroment

Hmmm….. How Iron Man’s Arc Reactor (Probably) Works

Sci-fi today is Science tomorrow….

Since the Iron Man arc reactor is a fictitious device, and it has no official scientific explanation in the Iron Man canon that I’m aware of, we might as well something up. Now, I’m mixing real science and fake science here. So physics nerds and comic-book nerds: Deal with it.

[via gizmodo]

Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes before they reach land, Stanford-led study says

Computer simulations by Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson have shown that offshore wind farms with thousands of wind turbines could have sapped the power of three real-life hurricanes, significantly decreasing their winds and accompanying storm surge, and possibly preventing billions of dollars in damages.

[via KurzweilAI.net]