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FuturologyBot t1_jd7v6vq wrote

The following submission statement was provided by /u/Sariel007:


>When natural disasters strike, one of the first crucial resources that can get disrupted is electricity. Startup Sesame Solar thinks it's found a solution to providing power for emergency crews and displaced residents with its mobile Nanogrids.

>At first glance, a Nanogrid may look like a food truck. It's designed to be hauled the same way you'd transport a moving trailer. But once deployed, the solar panels that line the Nanogrid are revealed. The panels charge the onboard batteries, and the company says a single Nanogrid can produce anywhere from 3 to 20 kilowatts. That's enough to power four to six houses.

> Lauren Flanagan, Sesame's co-founder and CEO, calls the Nanogrid the world's first 100% renewably powered mobile system. "You don't need fossil fuel. You don't need diesel or natural gas. Just water and sunshine," she said. Watch the video above to learn more about how the Nanogrids work.

>In addition to solar power, the Nanogrids are equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell that turns water into hydrogen. The hydrogen can be stored in tanks and used to charge the batteries when they dip below 35%. Nanogrids also have an onboard water filtration system that can provide up to 500 liters of potable water per day, and a 5G mesh network so people displaced in a disaster can get online.


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Sariel007 OP t1_jd7r7gm wrote

>When natural disasters strike, one of the first crucial resources that can get disrupted is electricity. Startup Sesame Solar thinks it's found a solution to providing power for emergency crews and displaced residents with its mobile Nanogrids.

>At first glance, a Nanogrid may look like a food truck. It's designed to be hauled the same way you'd transport a moving trailer. But once deployed, the solar panels that line the Nanogrid are revealed. The panels charge the onboard batteries, and the company says a single Nanogrid can produce anywhere from 3 to 20 kilowatts. That's enough to power four to six houses.

> Lauren Flanagan, Sesame's co-founder and CEO, calls the Nanogrid the world's first 100% renewably powered mobile system. "You don't need fossil fuel. You don't need diesel or natural gas. Just water and sunshine," she said. Watch the video above to learn more about how the Nanogrids work.

>In addition to solar power, the Nanogrids are equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell that turns water into hydrogen. The hydrogen can be stored in tanks and used to charge the batteries when they dip below 35%. Nanogrids also have an onboard water filtration system that can provide up to 500 liters of potable water per day, and a 5G mesh network so people displaced in a disaster can get online.

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Complete-Return3860 t1_jd7p1jt wrote

I think about this when I think about the holodeck on Star Trek. Who says to themselves "well that's enough scantily clad (or less) gorgeous people feeding me grapes while the London Symphony Orchestra and Van Halen plays whatever I tell them to play. Best get back to work."

You would have to drag me kicking and screaming from the holodeck.

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Mercurionio t1_jd7o1bt wrote

An AI analysis tool will be a good thing for us. The problem goes that fuckers won't stop on that.

And you can build it by yourself (if you know how). Dudes in Stanford created it for 600$ based on Meta type. It can be targeted towards very narrow thing, but still run great in that specific area. Like, a co-pilot for a house builder, to look for mats needed, some math calculations and so on.

The ideal option is to stop it on ISAAC from the Division level. A cool analysis helper, that gives you all the information you need in your very narrow task. You could be a driver with an auto update for the environment (not only in cities, but in the wild too), trade sales, market exploring. That kind of stuff.

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acutelychronicpanic t1_jd7o0et wrote

I agree entirely with what you are saying. I just think that most people talking about this greatly underestimate our available resources as technology improves.

Say we get fusion.

What does carrying capacity and farmland acreage even mean when you can create tons of starch and protein in bioreactors for pennies a pound? With the inputs being things like air, water, energy, and abundant minerals?

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IGC-Omega t1_jd7no1a wrote

This will be so awesome I only recently got a "fancy" airfryer toaster oven. It blows away my old airfryer. It cooks everything super quick and it taste great who would've thought adding a little air would make such a difference. Why are airfryers a new thing isn't it just an oven that blows air I must be missing something.

I think in a few years people will have airfryers like we have microwaves.

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