Researchers develop system to produce electricity out of thin air

originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: trollz

Pretty cool, but didnt Tesla and Reich both do this without nano proteins 100+ years ago?

I was gonna mention Wilhelm Reich and Orgone...you beat me to it

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Blue Shift
And insanely inefficient.

Shhh! You'll upset the resident Teslaphiles.

I ain't afraid of no death rays.

a reply to: Creep Thumper

Do you have an understanding of electrical theory?

If so, you too can recreate literally everything Tesla worked on.

Interesting, but it reminds me of the bobbing bird head.
Try to capture any energy from the movement, and the resistance is enough to stop it.
So many examples of the fallacies of PM.

We all wanna know, what happens to the water vapor after?
a reply to: trollz

originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: trollz

Where does the absorbed water go?
I suppose that there must be some limit to how much water is absorbed before the system does not produce current.
If the absorbed water can be expelled by some means without requiring energy added, that would be great, but I have a feeling that it will require energy to 'dry' the nanowire film out.

I keep thinking that you can't get something for nothing.

in most cases I would think the wind and the sun would do enough of the drying to make it minimal at best that any "3rd party" energy would be needed (I say 3rd party because the sun and wind would both be outside sources of energy).

I could see how they could use the gravity of water falling captured by a Waka tower for drinking water could turn a small turbine and also produce electricity, or with solar panels, offshore wind, tidal, thermal, cow farts...