The Future of Solid State Wind Energy

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@UndecidedMF 3 жыл бұрын

So would you want something like a PowerPod for your home? And if you liked this video be sure to check out, "Are Stirling Engines the Future of Energy Storage?" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMtjecacttWop6c.html

@SF-li9kh 3 жыл бұрын

For somewhere like Texas yes. For somewhere like NYC no.

@bryanhickman7663 3 жыл бұрын

Before installing any of these technologies in a residential area, noise generated from the unit would have to be considered.

@sigismundsulzheimer5512 3 жыл бұрын

I would install a PowerPod like that on my roof without a second thought. In the past, there was a chimney on the roof, but in the future there will be PowerPods like this. So why not, especially since they also produce electricity at night if the wind is blowing. The large wind turbines on land have an enormous disadvantage that cannot simply be wiped away: they actually disfigure the landscapes, are noisy, require a great, great deal of space and are death traps not only for birds but also for a wide variety of insects. It is therefore fair to say that wind turbines do not contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. Wind turbines at sea, on the other hand, make much more sense than on land, in my opinion. There are some birds at sea, but significantly fewer than on land, and insects are almost non-existent on the open sea. So why not PowerPods or similar power generators on the roof, especially as they are hardly visually disturbing and are the chimneys of the 21st century?

@En_theo 3 жыл бұрын

Between the names "Epstein" and "Sweat", seems that guy is the worst at marketing his product ;)

@ArmiaKhairy 3 жыл бұрын

I can't find any technical details about PowerPod, no power rating, no plot, no anything

@dresdenkiller 3 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend is apparently obsessed with bladeless wind turbines, she even has a prototype in her nightstand.

@davidbeaulieu4815 3 жыл бұрын

I like her don't let her go

@tdpereza 3 жыл бұрын

Take advantage of the bug, with that you have a theme to use 7u7r

@rickardelimaa 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbeaulieu4815 Just a heads up, it was a dildo joke. :P

@joecseszko7181 3 жыл бұрын

I want to take her as my wife

@lukaswithakay 3 жыл бұрын

@@thegorn Bang ding ow

@juliancantarelli 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that you could maintain an stratight face talking about the Dildotron 2000 Generator is amazing.

@SirChocula 3 жыл бұрын

Dildotron lolol

@esolo4751 3 жыл бұрын

You win the comment section for at least the rest of the day 🏆

@johndawson6057 3 жыл бұрын

Dildo hehehe

@davec5613 3 жыл бұрын

You said it best. LOL

@car7412 3 жыл бұрын

BWWWWAAHAHAHAHAAAHAHA! Holy shit!!!

@joesmith942 2 жыл бұрын

The main thing I learned is that peak performance of the column is based on stiffness, which is related to how it is blown. Thank you, I hope to apply this lesson to my personal life.

@pokerfaceassassin 2 жыл бұрын

I see what u did there

@oswaldfeurst5247 Жыл бұрын

I knew a joke was in there somewhere... while watching this.

@joesmith942 Жыл бұрын

@@oswaldfeurst5247 Yeah, it was a struggle. Not sure how it came out...

@heythave Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@OneAdam12Adam Жыл бұрын

If you need help in that area, well, I'm sure you'll find it.

@shaggybreeks Жыл бұрын

100 years ago, windmills were a common sight across rural America. They were usually used to pump water, but they were often adapted to produce electricity.

@markgelinas8114 Жыл бұрын

All the windmills in our area are derilict. You can see what is left of them when driving by.

@studio12archive60 Жыл бұрын

And they were superseded by more powerful efficient engines. That is why they went out of use.

@debmanrique6466 Жыл бұрын

Wind turbines are massive versions of the old windmills, and irritatingly more noisy. Thus, the need for something else.

@lullaby218 Жыл бұрын

And they didn't use batteries. You keep forgetting that part.

@ashtentheplatypus 3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine it now... Looking down the hill to the village as the sun sets. Atop each house sits a wiggling column. A gust of wind blows through, and the columns rejoice, adding a few more strokes to their wiggles.

@melaniecotterell8263 3 жыл бұрын

work = force x distance power = work/time 1 kW = 100 kg-meter/sec I hope you don't have a central AC system or a refrigerator. That column won't cut it.

@bilbonob548 3 жыл бұрын

@@melaniecotterell8263 Not sure why you're using kg-f rather than Newtons for the kW conversion... either way I get around 102kg-m/s when using kg-f* but yeah, you wouldn't be using a single 102kg mass - you'd either use something with a lot of mass (like 1000kg), or multiple columns. having one 200kg mass oscillate at a frequency that covers 0.5m every second wouldn't require much space and you'd already be producing more power than even the most power efficient solar panels.

@WillowEpp 3 жыл бұрын

And then Hastur comes out.

@yulopthegreat 3 жыл бұрын

They shud redesign the column into artificial trees ...so no penis imagination around

@komrade223 3 жыл бұрын

I could see these being installed on properties with a lot of conifers. You place them in spots where the geography and trees form wind funnels.

@rydaddy2867 3 жыл бұрын

You paint that "wiggling column" the right shade of green and it would blend right into any desert as just another cactus.

@MyDemon32 3 жыл бұрын

put two little arms and a sombrero and watch ppl go crazy

@basedchad6035 3 жыл бұрын

Or in citties and it blend in as modern "Art"

@Sedokun 3 жыл бұрын

In 2050: What do you mean by "It's not a cactus"?

@potatoesare_jesus2278 3 жыл бұрын

On that Thneedville type beat

@nlgrrtt 3 жыл бұрын

Is it super windy in the desert??

@gailhasler8435 2 жыл бұрын

My granddaughter graduates in June in environmental engineering. I'm thrilled to see the evolution of wind and solar energy in my life time. We have so much talent in America. Keep up the search for more efficient power supplies. 😎😍🎶🎶🎶

@PNETony 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, I'm in the UK and wind farms here are mainly offshore, making their upkeep even more expensive. The government arent doing anything to help the energy rape taking place here, whilst in France the energy firms have had their increase capped at 4% here in the UK we are looking at a 200% price hike in energy costs. Thanks for your informative channel, I would probably opt for 6 of the Powerpods along my house ridge, but a planning permission application is £400 ($500) and that covers just one device, each additional device is another charge. So you see they would let me fit them - but they want their cut of my investment and my savings. We are all being charged.

@HuntingTarg Жыл бұрын

You are all being controlled. It's about (gov't.) power, not progress. Otherwise you wouldn't be stuck under the thumb of gov't. officials and regulators telling you how you can and can't improve your life and what you have to pay them for the privilege of doing so.

@again5162 Жыл бұрын

In Australia we also have huge power price increases due to high cost of renewable power. Power companies are closing down coal stations while we still have 400 years of coal in the ground.

@gregmaginn Жыл бұрын

@@again5162 If we keep burning coal at the rate we are, we wont be around in 400 years

@ecmorgan69 3 жыл бұрын

"Wiggling column" 🤔 That's the most polite description for that solid state wind device. 😁

@usvalve 3 жыл бұрын

@ecmorgan69 Yes, they were going to call it Vortex-Initiated Aeolian Generation Resonant Apparatus, but decided against it. :-D

@maxcovfefe 3 жыл бұрын

"Wind Dildo" is a more apt description. As in, "If not for the vibrating power of this Mega Wind Dildo 9000, the hospital surely would've had to close during the storm."

@chrisconklin2981 3 жыл бұрын

Paint it green with a few arms and call it a Saguaro (cactus).

@UndecidedMF 3 жыл бұрын

😂 I tried to keep it clean … I knew there’d be a lot of good jokes in the comments.

@soul0360 3 жыл бұрын

@@UndecidedMF I am so childish. Couldn't stop giggling during that whole segment, while trying to understand the science. And it got worse in the comment section. You sir, are a true bastard.

@Yetipfote 3 жыл бұрын

1960: in 2050 we'll have flying cars 2050: "wiggling columns" everywhere

@TheoneStanband 3 жыл бұрын

That's hilarious, I just shot food out my nose laughing.

@TheoneStanband 3 жыл бұрын

@JD Russell I rarely ever pay for gas because I never got around to getting a driver's license.

@cinegraphics 3 жыл бұрын

By 2050 everyone's gonna have Alzheimer because of that liquid they injected into your blood to prevent you from getting the 4th wave of flu.

@HalfBlindProductions 3 жыл бұрын

@JD Russell big hero six feels

@RustyWalker 3 жыл бұрын

@JD Russell *richer.

@BobbyRogerPoirier 2 жыл бұрын

Matt (& team), 1) Undecided is a brilliant name, reminding us to have an open mind - so important on many fronts. 2) Entertaining, detailed and thorough-ish, just when I was getting down on solar because of environmental concerns, you've opened my mind to the new potential of wind power. Thank you, dad jokes and all.

@alexandermccarthy 3 ай бұрын

Just stumbled across your channel (thanks KZfaq algorithm!) and am loving what I'm seeing and hearing. When it comes to home design and energy efficiency, and just so you don't think the USA is alone in having completely hopeless building codes, Australian homes have been referred to as million dollar tents for their exceptionally poor design so much so we've co-opted Mark Twain's famous San Francisco jibe to poke fun at our own, beloved Mexicans, the Victorians. "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in Melbourne."

@matterhorn731 3 жыл бұрын

5:04 "Warning, it looks a little weird." Just wait until they start installing spherical batteries at the base to store excess power. You know, in pairs. For redundancy! 😁

@djdickey 3 жыл бұрын

I'm worried the spherical shape batteries wouldn't have the surface area to keep them cool and efficient. They should probably be contained in a flexible housing that would shrink when cold and expand when hot for more surface area.

@hollow6189 3 жыл бұрын

@@djdickey LOL

@BartBe 3 жыл бұрын

can not thumbs up more then once a shame

@47.alessandrosyafeirashid83 3 жыл бұрын

Prototaxites

@Moshe_Dayan44 3 жыл бұрын

@@djdickey But most importantly, the top of the generator should squirt a small amount of a non-toxic, white liquid to indicate that it has been stimulated to maximum power generating capacity. :)

@visnupitiyanuvath9170 3 жыл бұрын

The oscillating one could be painted green and multiplied to probably resemble grass rustling in the wind, which I'm pretty sure is universally more pleasing than its current design.

@nxj18xbmc 3 жыл бұрын

I believe it's called the Wind Augmented Natural Generator. I say we could just embrace its beauty and maybe add some intricate branching paint lines along the side (you know, like adding speed stripes to a car, but I'm thinking a deeper red or blue color to really make it pop) and a retractable fabric cover at the tip to protect it. And it's going to get covered in dust, so instead of being bright white, maybe paint it a light beige to hide the dust. Obviously it makes sense to add a hole at the top in order to allow the necessary lubricant oil to slowly drip out (a pre-lubrication phase) and recirculate down the sides, followed by a few strong squirts of oil every ten minutes or so to shower the device to ensure proper operation. I'd want to do the full oiling more often, but I think if we squirt the oil too often though the pumps needed won't have time in between to cool down. Finally, if we could make it portable, that would be awesome. We could build a more manageable version, maybe 8-12 inches long, and replace the permanently rigid shaft with a collapsible one containing bladders that we can fill with fluid to recover its rigidity. Then the portable version would also include two detachable spheres (low surface area to save on manufacturing costs) to house the generator and inverter. I'll start focusing on building a prototype and see if I can find any photos online that look similar to the redesign.

@princeaz4138 3 жыл бұрын

giant vibrator go brrrrrrrrrrrr

@spensert4933 3 жыл бұрын

It could also have two balls below it to store the energy.

@brentfarvors192 3 жыл бұрын

@@nxj18xbmc You can paint your poo whatever color you like; It's still CRAP( like these wind turbines)

@Yggdrasill8 3 жыл бұрын

@@spensert4933 😂🤣🤣

@bryanreilly4117 Жыл бұрын

I always thought the bird issue wasn't the number but the type. Cats and windows kill small common birds while wind farms were killing large birds of prey which are fewer in number

@hughoneill9861 Жыл бұрын

Yes. It's unfortunate that ppl lump all the various feathered animals into one classification -- "birds". When my daughters were kids they would see a "bird" in the garden and call out "Dad, there's a bird in the garden". I'd ask them if it was a penguin or an ostrich or a cassowary . . .

@Leongon Жыл бұрын

Super important point that should have been considered in this video.

@vinchinzo594 Жыл бұрын

@@hughoneill9861 It is scientifically accurate to call them birds and I'm sure your kids just LOVED you being obtuse for no good reason :)

@monkeymonk666 Жыл бұрын

@@vinchinzo594 Yeah and it is scientifically debatable to call a a plucked chicken a human but not particularly useful. The same thing would be the case with how using scientifically accurate Latin nomenclature to describe everything even in everyday conversation would be accurate but incredibly ungainly and wildly unpopular. Context matters. If we were to say "Housecats cause billions of deaths per year!" without mentioning the specific species that were dying? That would be a scientifically accurate but effectively useless statement. Essentially "Misinformation". Besides, OP has a point, I don't give a damn how many bloody pigeons get salsa'd each year by wind turbines but if we have incredibly rare/endangered birds getting splattered that's a big effing problem.

@vinchinzo594 Жыл бұрын

@@monkeymonk666 "it is scientifically debatable to call a a plucked chicken a human" No it's not. You're not very intelligent.

@tradetor 2 жыл бұрын

I love how all these ideas are essentially the reverse of the existing home appliance, i.e. reverse air-purifier and a reverse "toy", such good example of innovation

@juddotto3660 3 жыл бұрын

I think put together 2 power pods and the wiggler and you've got yourself a party.

@kathrynck 3 жыл бұрын

I snorted a little bit of the drink i was trying to swallow when i read that. well played.

@davidromney4150 3 жыл бұрын

Frat Row will have a bank of these on every rooftop!

@nathanwood4614 3 жыл бұрын

💀💀💀 so immature

@onederment 3 жыл бұрын

You could put more LED lights on the wiggler

@moonbeammagic7499 3 жыл бұрын

Omg...the image....hahaha! Good one!

@MrPacoHamers 3 жыл бұрын

The EWICON was installed when I studied in Delft. I was looking at it at with some friends while guessing wat it was. A professor overheard us and explained what it was, with a dissapointed tone he said that the proto type doesnt work but that they learned valueble lessons in the building proces. They never even bothered to attach it to the grid.

@obfuscated3090 3 жыл бұрын

That's part of research! If the result were a foregone conclusion there would be no need to prototype. Failure is a vital learning experience, see Thomas Edison and the many filiments he tried for an example. Thanks for your iinteresting post.

@AnneBerkheij 3 жыл бұрын

@@obfuscated3090 Didn't THomas Edison not mainly just buy inventions and ideas from others?

@AnneBerkheij 3 жыл бұрын

@@dmg1849 ... what are you even on about? What on earth is even scientism zealotism and what made you decide to hurl me in with them? Look up wikipedia That guy was mainly known for buying up inventions, it is not something that is up for debate.

@errorerror6918 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnneBerkheij presumably inventions that may or may not work/be commercially viable.

@mattdidley9144 3 жыл бұрын

Love the housecat to wind turbine bird killing ratio argument....let me know when you see a housecat drag a bird that typically soars on the thermals where windmills are placed... Also, could you walk me through the eco friendlyness of a solar panel?

@at0mly 2 жыл бұрын

Living in a place like San Francisco, it seems a bit absurd that there aren't PowerPods or Savonius turbines all over the place. They seem like the perfect local alternative to rooftop solar in a place where the sun can be hard to find but the wind is basically a given.

@InoriVoid 2 жыл бұрын

cuz its a scam lmao

@nathansnow 2 жыл бұрын

It's all very interesting, and I particularly like the hydroelectric solutions for use on the ocean floor, but I can't help but feel like technology has (in some way) done a loop back to the windmill days 😆

@J-IFWBR Жыл бұрын

well, a good thing never realy gets old, it only gets modernized. look at the knive for example, the shape and design of it hasnt realy changed during the history of mankind. Why? Because its just a great design. Having wings that catch wind, might be a similarly universal concept. And if you want to be extra critical, you could even call the move from windmills to coal/ gas powerplants, a technological loop back to campfires.

@isaachardy8706 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when the Guardian covered the Vortex Bladeless design, calling it the "Skybrator."

@jep9092 3 жыл бұрын

Omg lol

@Shimonotoki 3 жыл бұрын

That's a clever one. I like it.

@christo930 3 жыл бұрын

It's silly and would damage any building you attached it to. Frankly, the unreliables (wind and solar) would be great if we had more cheap storage. Anywhere with the topography to support a gravity battery (water pumped uphill) and a good wind resource should be loaded up with wind turbines. The places in the world with the most unreliables are also the most expensive energy markets. Germany, for example, has 3 times the electricity costs. Meanwhile China added over a hundred gigawatts in 2020 in coal. In China, coal is king. Whatever we do will be undone by them.

@TheSteveBoyd 2 жыл бұрын

They should call it a "Solid-state Wind Electric Energy Transformer" That would be SWEET!

@SabbaticusRex 2 жыл бұрын

I like the dancing phallus . Wind Oscillating Orbital Dancing Infrastructural Energy = WOODIE

@aarondavis8943 2 жыл бұрын

Dynamic Integrated Carbon Killer

@yourrightimsooosorry884 2 жыл бұрын

Solid-state Highly Integrated Technology

@TheDennys21 2 жыл бұрын

No it would be SSWEET.

@voornaam3191 2 жыл бұрын

@@yourrightimsooosorry884 Hey dude, that thing in DELFT is in my country. We do not have SHIT presidents, that is your problem. They are far too conservative. All of them. What you need is change. Lots of it.

@bellofbelmont Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I like the pod system. I've heard of people who live in extremely windy locations who have trouble with windmills tearing themselves to pieces. Looks like the pod could overcome this especially if the aperture could be automatically adjusted to close down a bit. Jim Bell (Australia)

@brusselssprouts560 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I started work in 1977 for the UK Department of Energy, and wind, wave and solar power were all being researched way back then, but it was probably the oil and gas industries lobbyists that killed the ideas off otherwise they would have been here sooner and be more advanced. Thank you!

@adamplevey8385 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure they didn't kill the ideas off, as much as they buy up all the good stuff (alt tech) shelve or develop the concept but not Bring it to market. And when they finally run outta oil and gas they will roll out there clean energy alternatives.

@adamchurvis1 3 жыл бұрын

I like the solution that teenager on an island came up with. He strings ribbons between two masts in a window frame. One end of each ribbon is tied statically to one mast, while the other end is tied to a rod magnet that is mounted to the other mast by a rubber band. The magnets ride inside copper coils connected to a battery, capacitor, or electricity-stabilizing circuit as needed for the application. When the wind blows the ribbons shake, causing the magnets to translate back and forth inside the coils, thereby generating electrical current. It's enough to power a few devices, but it can be cheaply and easily expanded to provide power for a small house. Smart kid!

@davec5613 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome

@andyjohnson3790 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds cool. Is there a link for me to watch it

@adamchurvis1 3 жыл бұрын

@@andyjohnson3790 Never saw one myself, but it's easy to draw a mental picture -- probably easy enough to make one one's self. I don't remember where I read it years ago, but I was like, "Huh... that's pretty damned smart!"

@nelisgarboclips986 3 жыл бұрын

Netherlands: giant eco-friendly building with solar and wind power ft skybar Spain: hehe wobbly wind didlo generator go brrr

@brahmburgers 3 жыл бұрын

Spain is at the forefront of passive solar electric generation, and they (and Portugal and Scotland) are doing cool things with wave/tide generation. Don't be too quick to find fault.

@DarkShroom 3 жыл бұрын

that wobbly thing is actual real science.... the giant donut is some company lobbying for taxpayers money by promising a building that apparently does everything, but in practise most of it is unlikely to work

@nelisgarboclips986 3 жыл бұрын

Im not pointing fingers, im just saying the wind stick looks funny

@andrewgodly5739 3 жыл бұрын

Now I want one and want to paint it like a penis and put 2 balls at it's base

@TurbaVladimir 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgodly5739 would be a nice message if it could actually generate power for your needs

@Shirden Жыл бұрын

There is also barotrauma-internal injuries caused by exposure to rapid pressure changes near the trailing edges of moving blades

@shawno66 2 жыл бұрын

I worked for a wind repair company. I can tell you the solid state windmill is such a necessity. The traditional bladed windmills that you see on wind farms are a net *loss* of resources. I view them as a stepping stone to something better. That is where the solid state or vortex comes in.

@randybobandy9828 Жыл бұрын

As it it cost more to make then the the electrify they produce is worth?

@shawno66 Жыл бұрын

@@randybobandy9828 yes. The payoff on a windmill is about 20 years and the lifespan of a windmill is about 10 years.

@jeroengoudswaard1176 Жыл бұрын

We develop wind turbines in our company. Our calculations show that in terms of energy, they start producing net positive after 18 months. Lifetime is 25 years. We earn them back (on very conservative power forecast prices) in about 10-15 years.

@bobbybrown1258 Жыл бұрын

@@randybobandy9828 don't know what the other guy is talking about but certainly not. Even if financial payback time is 20 years (which in most cases its not). That takes into consideration blade replacement and maintenance. Co2 payback is in the region of 6 months for modern designs, energy around 1 to 2 years depending

@seandoherty4236 Жыл бұрын

Lab calculations and on-site performance (i.e., marketing vs. reality) are two totally different things. Wind turbines never perform anywhere near their marketed "calculations". Making them in China doesn't help their longevity either, lol.

@ShimmySnail 2 жыл бұрын

Another advantage to Savonius "egg beater" turbines is that they can operate in higher winds. Ironically, traditional "propeller" type turbines have to engage brakes and stop in very high winds or the extra forces can damage or destroy them, but egg beaters just go faster. They're attached at the top and bottom, usually, so they're more stable.

@CelBloxICF 2 жыл бұрын

We thoroughly studied egg beater turnbines when I worked at GE. Egg beater turbines are much less efficient because they always have one blade that is turning into the wind.

@mattihalme81 2 жыл бұрын

It's a trap! You can have a small-scale design that can withstand high wind speeds. And consequently the power can be UP TO certain nice value in watts as power increases cubically with wind speed. But isn't the actual issue with wind power the lack of wind that the product can be designed to withstand or utilize?

@ShimmySnail 2 жыл бұрын

@@CelBloxICF Yes, not only that, but they are typically mounted at lower heights so they receive less strong winds, though they are usually used in areas where high structures are barred (and consequently don't kill migratory birds or bats). But the durability of having a single axis in order to stay optimally oriented rather than two is pretty compelling.

@ShimmySnail 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattihalme81 So you're saying too much wind is less significant than no wind? Depends on where you are of course.

@rookandpawn 2 жыл бұрын

@@CelBloxICF if you could have a small wind turbine in your backyard what would you use? a small 3 blade one? Im worrieed about it hitting the birds in all honesty.

@aldobonaso3481 3 жыл бұрын

Today we proudly present to you, the wiggling column! (AKA The Shivering Shaft)...*In the background, theme music starts* "Im pickin' up good vibrations..."

@yelenadavitz5629 3 жыл бұрын

Boring..once understood..is a rollercoaster.gn ladies

@moonbeammagic7499 3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Great song pick.

@jonm2884 3 жыл бұрын

Or the the dancing dildo

@LordFata 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Working in turbine development myself, and I'd love to see more large companies diversifying in concepts and markets

@cdmac517 Жыл бұрын

Check out harmony turbines and let me know what you think.

@no-cov-jabpureblood4959 Жыл бұрын

I see conflict of interest.

@no-cov-jabpureblood4959 Жыл бұрын

The problem with most of these is the low life expectancy and reliance on batteries. It can only work as supplemental energy and it is by no means clean.

@roadboat9216 Жыл бұрын

Would love it. We live on the water front of Pamlico Bay NC. Lots of wind. Power Pod sounds very doable. We will keep an eye on it. I lived of wind power 35 yrs ago on my sailboat. Could generate up to 30 amps at 12V. Everything on the boat was low draw. A big part of living off grid is keeping down your loads on the systems. Would start generating at about 7 kts of wind. Their down side was noise. And as it was on a moving item, a boat, precessional forces had to be watched in heave seas.

@tpollakar 3 жыл бұрын

Spanish researchers: "The future of wind energy is wiggling columns." Don Quixote: "Challenge accepted!"

@mohamadcheayb485 3 жыл бұрын

Researcher say what they want to promote their research. Who can believe that a small column work in vibration would be the future technology. I am researcher by the way

@mohamadcheayb485 3 жыл бұрын

@Buster head Surely not kidding. At the begining of the video , he said the efficiency is still very low.Any drag wind turbine is like that and what if it is a small area like this columns.

@briancam_2000 3 жыл бұрын

@@mohamadcheayb485 wind power ended with steam engines RE=SCAM energy Density == NUCLEAR POWER #1 YOU IDIOT!

@pa.l.2499 3 жыл бұрын

Very underrated comment!

@mohamadcheayb485 3 жыл бұрын

@@briancam_2000 you seems too rude and stupid. No comment

@scheier3 2 жыл бұрын

If you have ever had to stand on the side of a major highway , you quickly notice the wind and air movement created by the passing cars. What a great place for wind pods, maybe integrated into some kind of safety barriers placed between the opposing lanes for maximum effect.

@jfrodgers7858 2 жыл бұрын

Already in use. I don't remember which country but I saw it over a year ago. Cars and trucks going east make it spin one way. Cars and trucks going west keep it going. So no opposing forces. Pretty neat.

@drzman6901 2 жыл бұрын

@@jfrodgers7858 Why not put the generators on top of the cars and bypass the transmission lines. :-)

@kennethjackson7574 2 жыл бұрын

@@drzman6901 I was less than 10 years old when I designed a go kart that was even better than a perpetual motion machine. A battery would power a motor that would move the go kart while a generator would charge the battery. It didn’t work. 😩

@gahmivolka 2 жыл бұрын

@@kennethjackson7574 That is due to energy loss from Friction sadly :( If we could figure out someway to have 0 friction in a turbine and vehicle. Would be incredible. But sadly it just isn't possible.

@tomowenpianochannel 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great, except that the wind energy (great) is generated by massively wasteful fossil fuels (the cars). Instead, put a wind turbine, solar panel, batteries, and electric storage heaters in everyone's house, garden and flat. And ban fossil cars, to allow electric for long journeys, bicycle and foot for short (day-to-day) journeys, plus public transport for everything else.

@Daorf 2 жыл бұрын

I honestly believe those Vortex Bladeless can finally be the solution to harnessing waves and tides to generate electricity. IDK if their current models are watertight, but maybe someday.

@voicetube Жыл бұрын

5:19 I overheard an elephant in a bar I go to (it's NOT a sky bar, because she's not able to make it up the elevator) mentioning that this was her favorite alternative energy source that she's ever come across. Now I have a better understanding of why she gravitates in this direction, as it were :-)

@uncertainscientist 2 жыл бұрын

One careful consideration in wind marketing power/energy output numbers is where they're pulling their available wind energy data from. Most of the time they use data from an airport at 50m, which is much higher than what you would experience on a roof in a suburb at 20m. This is a very common practice in marketing, so be sure to perform a wind energy analysis if you're interested in wind power at the exact location. There are ways to estimate power at lower heights if anyone is interested.

@vkrgfan Жыл бұрын

Obviously those structures would need to be in the valley where winds are constant. The whole point of the structure is to prevent birds being killed by wind turbines.

@doreybain 3 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend has one of those "wiggling columns" in her bedroom. She says it energizes her.

@jobob2190 3 жыл бұрын

best comment, dude!!!

@nonyabuziness1582 3 жыл бұрын

@doreybain If your GF has the need for a "wiggly column" in her bedroom that really means you are a complete failure at satisfying her needs and I don't know which is dumber... You not realizing that, or you posting it...

@doreybain 3 жыл бұрын

@@nonyabuziness1582 Yikes. No sense of humor.

@herbb8547 3 жыл бұрын

@@nonyabuziness1582 I think it was a joke.

@blastroisehunt6546 3 жыл бұрын

@@herbb8547 her name is none ya business. She’s a Karen

@Caroline-hn5xd 2 жыл бұрын

The fucking first one though. "Yoooo, what if, we made like, an electrolytic cell, BUT, right, BUT... we just manually push all the ions back to their starting electrode????". Absurd and genius and I love it.

@hiltonian_1260 Жыл бұрын

The big problem with all of these designs is that they are installed at ground level. The first rule of wind power is “your tower is too short.” Wind speed goes up with height above the ground. The power in wind goes up by the cube of the wind speed. Double the speed; eight times the power. Height matters. It also goes up with laminar (smooth) airflow, which is not found at ground level. The advantages of a particular technology are dwarfed by the question of whether you can mount that technology on a tall tower. I used to work for a wind power company back in the early 2000s and I was given the “wacky wind” folder. I fielded all the inquiries from inventors who just needed a little more money and engineering support to revolutionize the wind industry. I saw the ionic solid state type, the vibrating type, vertical axis types, kites, rotating balloons, you name it. There’s a reason that wind companies use the three bladed horizontal axis machine, and it’s not a lack of imagination. It’s what reliably puts out the most energy per dollar invested.

@ValleyOfWillows 3 жыл бұрын

Possible clickbait title: Birds will love this Spanish wind energy generator

@omar2046 3 жыл бұрын

or: see how huge dildo save birds.

@CL9k24a3 3 жыл бұрын

Be les feg pliz

@AProudDad 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@emerson-biggons7078 3 жыл бұрын

Bird haters hate this new Renewable energy generator

@sciencecompliance235 3 жыл бұрын

By birds I assume you mean single moms in your area.

@mbiker345 3 жыл бұрын

I’m wondering what sort of sound those wrigglers make. I’m betting that thing flapping around is not silent.

@da4127 3 жыл бұрын

yep, I guess that's why they aren't targeting the private home market.

@lousarsol9005 3 жыл бұрын

I want some on my property, an army of wiggling vibrators making me energy!

@Ernthir 3 жыл бұрын

It say's "oh yeah!" non stop

@selmag5819 3 жыл бұрын

i was wondering the same. noise pollution is a real thing. it drives many people living close to wind turbines crazy.

@smadcore 3 жыл бұрын

*fap fap fap*

@paulodwyer5599 Жыл бұрын

Great work mate. All the facts as usual. You have assembled a great package of audio & visual .I love your work.

@Jammy._. 2 жыл бұрын

5:10 me ... that looks like a vibrator ... 10 seconds later ... its freaking vibrating ... me laughing like a madman

@kantanlabs3859 3 жыл бұрын

I am an expert in both EFD (Electro Fluid Dynamics) and Fluid Mechanics, I have published many articles in the field. For EFD systems, for ion injection in air; there is a fundamental power limitation to around 1mW for a square meter of surface in standard air. Using water droplets do improve things to one order of magnitude according to droplets size (10mW to 100mW/m2). For resonance induced by Karman vortex streets, the situation is similar; a resonnance is necessary to obtain large amplitudes but as soon as you extract even a tiny fraction of the oscillating energy, oscillations are rapidly damped leading to extremely low efficiencies. There is a single rule that you must keep in mind when reaching this type of content: audience is more more important than facts. More generally when someone pretends to quantitative breakthroughs in a field that has been extensively studied by experts for more than a century, there is a 99.99% chance that it is either a naive dreamer or a crook, pick your choice !

@memeticist 3 жыл бұрын

Hope springs eternal, thus a sucker is born every minute.

@YouNeedToCalmDown76 3 жыл бұрын

Not enough comments like this, this is up there with "Big Oil has patents for solid state battery's with 10x energy density" If any of this shit worked as advertised they'd be printing money already

@kantanlabs3859 3 жыл бұрын

As your reactions to my post are positive, just a little more info concerning EFD generators: When you want to produce electrical power with ions in air, you must carry the ions against the electric field that is trying to bring them back to the electrode they were extracted from. As ions are very mobile in air, for high-field levels they drift among neutral with velocities slightly above the speed of sound. It means that you must use a supersonic flow to carry them toward the high potential electrode (the collector) in order to reach acceptable power levels. As hydrodynamic pressure is in v^2, the power level is in v^3; If instead of using a flow speed in the km/s range, you use a flow speed in the meter per second range, the allowed field level gets extremely low and the power level you can reach is around 10^9 lower!!!!! For the record, in the years 1980 when people and researchers were not as dumb as they are today, some teams in the States have tried to make such EHD high-power (and high-voltage) power generators for airborne power lasers using supersonic flows. Unfortunately it led to poor results, as they were themselves ignorant of the EHD instability that was studied in France twenty years earlier (in the 1960) !!!

@douglasgrubbs3360 Жыл бұрын

In other words, don't believe what you will never see. But the drawing of the building is pretty and could possibly be used as a mega harp. The next big thing in wind is more vertical axis turbines... and yes, they are big.

@anonanon7278 3 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to see a comparison of the wind and mechanical noise each of these systems emit.

@madmick3794 3 жыл бұрын

That was the one thing I wondered about as well

@davidbeaulieu4815 3 жыл бұрын

I like the sound of the wind Mills

@eyetvideos467 3 жыл бұрын

The good thing is regardless of noise the majority of these structures would be placed in places like the ocean or very rural areas like the current windmill farms across the Midwest. Only highways and farm land in the area really.

@madmick3794 3 жыл бұрын

@@eyetvideos467 Really depends on the country I suppose as mine is a little different.

@jvii9761 3 жыл бұрын

@@eyetvideos467 did you watch the video? They are/were putting them on fences, buildings, homes, skyscrapers.. not the ocean and open fields. Honestly I’d take one of these on my roof and a solar panel or two if I had the money. Homestead idea gets better and better.

@winewoman224 Жыл бұрын

We need all of the systems you’re reported on. I live in the Caribbean and the system from Utah looks very attractive.

@michellejean8068 Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Yes now everyone needs to do a little more . Little things that we can do today in our home . I'm going to buy one of these wind generators to go with my new Dome home I'm building. Thank you again.

@JLVVP2 3 жыл бұрын

5:19 Just imagine driving past a field of hundreds of these things, all of them wiggling in synchrony.

@JA9339 3 жыл бұрын

The dick field

@wrongtimeweeder1076 3 жыл бұрын

@@JA9339 The Porn Field :D

@livewellwitheds6885 3 жыл бұрын

😂bruh

@aleksandrbmelnikov 3 жыл бұрын

Penis farm.

@fatweeb1545 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@g3ck037 3 жыл бұрын

The powerpod is safe for wildlife. So I guess there will be a bird or wasp nest not to long after installation xD

@Arbaaltheundefeated 3 жыл бұрын

That would be a real middle-finger to tri-blade windmills wouldn't it, if all over the place you ended up with powerpods with bird nests on top of them :D

@youmakeitreal 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@Arbaaltheundefeated 3 жыл бұрын

@@DKeith2011 Well, given that the blades are so closely spaced on the inside, I'd think there would have to be something like that anyway, because leaves and stuff getting inside would probably be even worse.

@bferland1128 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they were so big people could live inside them.

@bigsmall246 3 жыл бұрын

@Neal Robinson miniaturizing these power generation devices to the size of a backpack would probably be great for camping. The next step after that would be to build them into portable chargers or even phones.

@Overseerdv Жыл бұрын

I'd be a PowerPod supporter; I like that it looks stationary from the outside which could help to disguise it easier in the future of building techniques.

@DavidEvans_dle Жыл бұрын

I like the tether flying wing generating system. Relatively quick to install/implement in the right area high power output. With a FRU(Field Replace Unit) maintenance/repair. Also the footprint of the base generator unit is reasonable. Could see theses units, with a small storage system to "Smooth" the power distribution feeding into the power grid in states like Texas & Arkansas.

@TheDrexxus 2 жыл бұрын

"This next design looks a little weird." *sees design* Me: Eh, it's slightly phallic but I don't see what the big deal is. *it starts wiggling* Me: Oh.... Oh no...

@ravingcuriosity6345 2 жыл бұрын

DEAD. ON!!!😅🤣🤣

@HenriFaust 2 жыл бұрын

That's the most practical one too...

@willvgo2950 2 жыл бұрын

It wiggles when it gets blown.

@kingblondie7075 2 жыл бұрын

I checked to make sure this video didn't come out April 1st.

@allanrichardson1468 3 жыл бұрын

The wiggling column is great for the Southwest; it can be disguised as a Saguaro cactus!

@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine every fence post in everyones backyard having a small version on top lol.

@yensteel 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@cinegraphics 3 жыл бұрын

Using one vibrating column on the roof of a building, to power hundreds of similar devices inside of each apartment.

@lonestarr1490 3 жыл бұрын

Every car reseller could power his offices self-reliantly.

@Tall_Order Жыл бұрын

5:09 "vortex-induce vibration resonant wind generator" It definitely looks like something that vibrates, lol.

@rhinox0110 Жыл бұрын

I'm intersted in all of these especially the Power Pod. I also have a question about the Power Pod if anyone would like to answer it would be be very much appreciated. My question is, is whether or not the power pod could be mounted at an angle (say maybe 30 degrees off axis) on a tower? I'm asking this because of the design makes me think this would be viable, if they can you could use them say staggered up a column to power a battery cell station at ground level to in turn power a heat battery so on and so forth.

@DomyTheMad420 3 жыл бұрын

3:07 first thing that i think when i heard his name was "didn't kill himself". Well done memes. well done.

@hardfugoo1 3 жыл бұрын

Yup 😂

@piggynatorcool668 3 жыл бұрын

I woudlve changed my last name by then

@lonestarr1490 3 жыл бұрын

@@piggynatorcool668 To "Cool", I guess.

@wellendowedplatypus9024 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear "Epstein Drive" on The Expanse...

@jorejaha 3 жыл бұрын

I thought SWET is unfortunate but Epstein that is really unfortunate.

@christophergenovese9010 3 жыл бұрын

It's great that those vibrating shafts don't require greasing to maintain stiffness.

@ninomendoza627 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha good observation

@javiernadal8821 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@JennWest-Liberty 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or does this sound sexual? 😂😂😂

@noel.friedrich 3 жыл бұрын

@@JennWest-Liberty no its just you, Jenn

@creatorsfreedom6734 3 жыл бұрын

soo lube

@megelizabeth9492 2 жыл бұрын

Now that I think about it, I wonder if something like the power pod could find a market as a small portable generator? Something relatively portable that doesn’t require gas seems like it could be very useful.

@jimpippin5848 Жыл бұрын

Maybe a small one could be designed to go on top of an EV or motor coach and used to charge the batteries

@klnsbl 2 жыл бұрын

As an aerospace engineering student at TU Delft, it makes me so proud that "my" university is featured in this video!

@TheoneStanband 3 жыл бұрын

One time I saw a bird smash right into a 2nd floor window and fall directly into a dumpster that was conveniently placed below the window. After seeing that and thinking about it I believe the universe has a sense of humor.

@TheoneStanband 3 жыл бұрын

@GeeDee no but that would have made it funnier.

@thetruth45678 3 жыл бұрын

Bird, wakes up: "Oh no! I've died and gone to Hell!" Rat, om noming: "Nah bro. This is Heaven."

@TheoneStanband 3 жыл бұрын

@@thetruth45678 sounds about right, heaven isn't really that great.

@keefjunior4061 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheoneStanband it just gets a little boring towards the end, ya know?

@TheoneStanband 3 жыл бұрын

@@keefjunior4061 humans wont be around during the end of the universe, you guys would have long since brought your self's to extinction.

@jpcreativeimagery 3 жыл бұрын

I like how you couldn't mention the "wiggling column" with a straight face, LOL

@MrSmiler1212 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting as I’m looking to install domestic wind turbine in my home in Yorkshire, England 👏👏👌👌

@georgemock1387 Жыл бұрын

I like the Popular Science magazine ad where you use you're septic tank is a battery source. No moving parts (that you can see anyway). This actually works! Just drive a copper and an aluminum rod into the mixture, connect your wires to it, and then you can charge your cell phone!

@mrrodriguezHLP 3 жыл бұрын

Put a wiggling column on your roof and find out how mature your friends family and neighbors are.

@Thorkmalin1970 3 жыл бұрын

or find out how long it takes it to vibrate a hole in your roof lol.

@juliancate7089 3 жыл бұрын

I would be totally immature about it. And then I would have one installed on my roof.

@joecostner1246 3 жыл бұрын

i'd rather have no electr i city than a moving dil do on my roof

@AlastoreFrost 3 жыл бұрын

@@joecostner1246 i'd rather have a wiggling dildo on my roof than no erectricity

@orionishi6737 3 жыл бұрын

I am apparently not mature enough

@thebearman6065 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad we can finally harness the power of the wind with the Wild Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man.

@bullpuppy7455 3 жыл бұрын

!!! Intergalactic Proton Powered Electrical Tentacled Advertising Droids !!!

@shakengandulf 3 жыл бұрын

Passing the power onto youuuuu... !!

@xitaris5981 2 жыл бұрын

1:19 This is misleading, but not surprising if you only glance at the numbers and arguments that are pro wind. 1) Cats kill smaller birds, while wind turbines can and do kill large birds like eagles and hawks, some of which are endangered or on their way to becoming endangered. 2) Wind turbines kill MILLIONS of bats each year and have been the leading factor in causing at least 1 bat species to become endangered. So, context matters when talking about "a good number birds and bats". I recently found out that thousands of birds are killed by solar farms. Bugs get attracted to the reflecting lights and birds are attracted to the bugs, but can ignite from temperatures ~900 degrees produced from the solar farm. PS. I'm not anti-solar or wind energy, but I think we shouldn't sugar-coat things just because they might be better than the alternatives.

@rand49er Жыл бұрын

It would seem that having the least moving parts would be the most advantageous from a durability standpoint. A way to quantify that as a basis of comparison might be a good way to pinpoint one of the technologies presented here as having great promise. Obviously, noise, safety, complexity of design, cost, size, etc would be additional considerations. Thank you for introducing these many approaches I had no knowledge of prior to seeing this video.

@lurker453 2 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing of the vibrating towers and people joking in a post-apoclyptic world where they forgot their origin and praying to these diving beings for the energy they provide through their wiggles.

@jamescollins3647 2 жыл бұрын

Just like every religion lol

@aarondavis8943 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamescollins3647 Every religion prays to vibrating towels?

@martinmazanek5192 2 жыл бұрын

@@aarondavis8943 Your misspelling of 'towers' to 'towels' made this ten times funnier lmao

@rabidhellhound9714 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a perfect "South Park" joke. People praying to vibrating penis towers, not understanding how they work, just that they get light from them in the town nearby.

@pkkiller_apathy4568 2 жыл бұрын

@@rabidhellhound9714 well almost half of the human population does does already lol. Due to sex toys countless women say oh god without even believing in religion.

@kristianfagerstrom7011 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I wonder if a huge O-shaped building with the inside of the O filled with thin metal wires won't be pretty darned bad for birds...

@tiddybearkush 3 жыл бұрын

That building look like a big wake-up light from Philips.

@felmlee1876 3 жыл бұрын

Instead we have an O- shaped building with wiggling columns inside. Seems more natural, maybe the birds won't mind. I've known many wiggling columns and not a one has killed a bird.

@jfoley3484 3 жыл бұрын

Many Birds can detect magnetic fields so they would likely avoid this structure.

@lezlezman1843 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps putting a model of a giant hawk on top of it would be a deterrent. I read of a building in Sydney that has several at the top to prevent pigeons nesting on it.

@sebcw1204 3 жыл бұрын

as opposed to the glass buildings they already pound themselves into on the regular?

@AustenWho Жыл бұрын

The problem isn't necessarily the number of birds killed by wind turbines, but the kind of birds killed. Big birds, like bald eagles, tend to be the kind that are killed by wind turbines. Cats and windows tend to take out the smaller invasive species like sparrows and robins. I am not sure how much of an impact it has on these species, but I would think for birds that are on the endangered species list, wind turbines causing the extinction of these birds is not a problem out of the realm of possibility.

@greenteaa2479 2 жыл бұрын

This isn’t self promotion but I’ve built similar things always love seeing people innovate !!

@gp8189 3 жыл бұрын

"warning, it looks a little weird" Lady Dimitrescu- where did I leave my back massager

@backupplan6058 3 жыл бұрын

“Back massager” sure, whatever you say.

@ArtOfHealth 3 жыл бұрын

Sure. You are referring to the male phallic dominance we have seen throughout history. Finally, someone added some life to it.

@barrenwuffettstonk 3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@TylerWitucki 3 жыл бұрын

Why is wind energy always so ugly? This one literally looks like a dildo. Lets just stick with building better solutions like solar.

@shukrantpatil 3 жыл бұрын

@@TylerWitucki aah yes , the design is more important than saving the planet cheers !!

@shimes424 3 жыл бұрын

All they had to do was put some flags for arms and dots for eyes and they'd have an energy generating "wacky wavy inflatable arm flailing tubeman" to sell us Instead we got the shaft

@olliefoxx7165 3 жыл бұрын

Clever lad

@aperson6437 3 жыл бұрын

Better than getting sold defunct nuclear tech that is gonna deteriorate and melt down one day tho...

@danielaupperle 3 жыл бұрын

Shit I’d buy that. Could sell used cars at the same time!

@lughnacide9778 2 жыл бұрын

Out of curiosity, what are the social and economic impacts of constructing these? Windmills and electric vehicle batteries already rely on non-recyclable parts that take up space in landfills and require components often obtained by child slave labor in developing countries. What makes this more efficient, safe, and economically and socially moral than nuclear energy?

@hugehappygrin7425 2 жыл бұрын

Anything that does not start it's life as green, remains not green. None of the current green tech is recyclable, as you said.

@mikearchibald744 Жыл бұрын

Huh? Got news for you, MOST of what we create as plastic is not recyclable. A wind turbine is made out of metal with wood inside. You can even just make them of wood if you want. What are you talking about that its non reyclable? And what do you think your local landfill is bulldozing every goddam day of the week? meanwhile take a look at the effects of fossil fuels, a hell of a lot more damage on any level. Batteries are changing almost every day and almost all components are from the same mining that mines everything else for our society. So what the hell are you talking about? Everything we've made for thirty years has been made by asian children and NOW all of a sudden you have a conscience?

@Intrafacial86 6 ай бұрын

I could see SWET being integrated into fences around property. Just think of all those noise barriers we see along interstate highways.

@townsville69 3 жыл бұрын

I think I'd go with Vortex bladeless and two Power Pods either side to catch as much wind as possible. o!o (snicker)

@Macaroth1 3 жыл бұрын

Only to maximise energy production, of course.

@arson8582 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@SpoilerAlert__ 3 жыл бұрын

(. Y .) (shocked face)

@nigelsmith7955 3 жыл бұрын

Obviously pointing it away from “that” Neighbour.......lol

@sovietshnuckums2357 3 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to get pokey off yt smh

@LeeWilsonJr 3 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate the details you provide in your videos. Keep up the great work!

@UndecidedMF 3 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate it! Thanks for watching.

@abhayprasad9580 3 жыл бұрын

@@UndecidedMF hey can you give me some news article or journal link of solid state wind energy I never heard about this big fan from India 🇮🇳❤

@BigMamaDaveX 3 жыл бұрын

@@UndecidedMF 😎 I came, I saw, I liked, and SUBBED! 👍

@hans-joachimbierwirth4727 3 жыл бұрын

You misspelled: false claims made by scam artists.

@james_fisch 2 жыл бұрын

@@hans-joachimbierwirth4727 tf are you talking about

@DanJisei Жыл бұрын

The PowerPod is really interesting, especially up here in the North (Sweden) were the sun doesn’t shine much half the year.

@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog 2 жыл бұрын

PowerPod sounds like an awesome idea; and I hope that maybe if I could buy one of these things for a property; I could make sure to have no need to worry about power outages for the house; and run the things i want

@DakotaActually 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great inspiration for one of my upcoming projects. For a year now I have been brainstorming power-generating ideas, only to discover it's a thing. After this I think I have an idea I could implement, that hasn't been done.

@DogPuke99 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck Dakota

@MrTorticolis 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck Dakota

@BwooHuraca Ай бұрын

How's it going, Dakota?

@rabidhellhound9714 2 жыл бұрын

The power pod is essentially a jet engine that's been retrofitted to change how air intake works, but otherwise uses the same basic concepts of compression along internal blades to produce massive amounts of force and spin them faster. Presumably with magnets inside a loop of wire to generate electromagnetic fields. It's actually quite brilliant but also probably works best on flat, horizontal surfaces rather than on angled rooftops in subdivisions. I'd love to see it progress and get notoriety, though.

@LeMayJoseph 2 жыл бұрын

I think its small size and portability makes it have potential to supplement or replace solar panels on travel trailers or mobile tiny homes. Imagine picking up juice while on the road!

@rabidhellhound9714 2 жыл бұрын

@@LeMayJoseph Agreed. Even on buildings, however, it's still incredibly useful if they have flat tops. Also, if you can adjust the air intake angles, you can easily make them operate sideways and attach them to the sides of buildings. Predominately, those that don't face towards the sun. Depending upon the exact design, you may even be able to produce column long ones that lay against the side of the building like a water/electrical pipe and catch crosswinds to passively generate power. If I ever one a lottery and became a multimillionaire, I would love to set up an airponics farm and use experimental solar and wind technologies to power it. Like, INDUSTRIAL scale, not small little home scales. Then record all data and release it to the public for free to provide real world data on how possible it is to grow food and go green using far less invasive or poluting methods. Show up all of these billionaires *claiming* to want to help out the earth by going to space by ACTUALLY helping out the earth by providing real world data on stainabilty for large societies (not just hermit huts) and what steps we need to improve upon it.

@jean-pierredevent970 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder about some energy loss through friction and turbulence. Some tiny part of the wind might even bounce off. But perhaps these effects are minimal thanks to that long experience they have and so a optimal design, as you mention.

@hugehappygrin7425 2 жыл бұрын

You are only going to see that either on a college campus or on a computer monitor.

@LRM12o8 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how loud they are though

@bobbafett3050 2 жыл бұрын

The powerpod. Could you use the same funneling wind idea to harvest wind energy off of skyscrapers? It is well known that tall buildings channel a LOT of wind

@oldcynic6964 Жыл бұрын

Matt, it's all very good trumpeting that "743 GW of wind-power has been installed worldwide", but that number is just name-plate rating, not an indication of reliable Deliverable-On-Demand power. When the wind doesn't blow, that 743GW is unfortunately worthless. In the UK, there has been a period this year/last year of NINE days in which no wind blew and no power was delivered by any of the billions of pounds of wind turbines that have been installed. These new ones may be different, but they will suffer from the same problem - no wind, no power.

@NoahfromEarth 3 жыл бұрын

Big respect to you for using Metric for your measurements. I personally find it annoying when people talk in imperial expecting the rest of the world to understand.

@jesse_cole 3 жыл бұрын

According to the Powerpod's website, the company "lacks the ability to produce a quality, custom blade to place in the powerpod." So, predictably, they're asking for kickstarter money -- for engineers, more development, etc. In other words, the product doesn't actually exist. As with nearly every other green energy "breakthrough" out there right now, it's basically someone's pet science-fiction idea cosplaying as an "invention," and the patent owners are hoping that all of us will invent it for them by paying other engineers to figure it out. Don't expect it to be "available by the end of 2021," as the video above suggests.

@harmonicresonanceproject 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully put.

@TechnMagician 3 жыл бұрын

Yea other pod designs have all been bunk from my understanding too. 3x from same area also seems pretty sketchy

@heikkianttila6296 3 жыл бұрын

@@TechnMagician spot on Betz limit is the absolute limit - air starts to stack up and block thus creating a theoretical maximum which is 59% Yet these silly things - typically not created by aerodynamic engineers or similar - that make these claims. Even beyond that a design with high aspect ratio blades (long vs width) is very efficient. Fan like turbine disc would be far inferior. Add the tunneling etc. It would perform really badly - if it even existed.

@kajakjohlopi7843 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't sound scammy at all, all in!

@InWeCome 3 жыл бұрын

A bladed wind turbine where the blades are inside a pod and is more efficient than a regular turbine? it seems a little too nice to be true. The other ideas appear much more plausible *because* they have drawbacks (and are made by experts in the field).

@davelowinger7056 Жыл бұрын

That Power Pod would even be good in the snow because in a lot of places to snow causes a problem where that it wouldn't be such an issue and would work in those conditions.

@juligrlee556 Жыл бұрын

With the uplift of the heat on a 4-12 roof would guarantee movement all day plus all wind area, plus you could make a wooden post off the ground so there would be no home vibrations.

@Appalling68 3 жыл бұрын

5:16 I do not understand how you are able to either keep a straight face and/or narrate this "vibrator technology" without LOL hysterically. Too funny!

@mrdingles5107 3 жыл бұрын

7:54 go on a hike just to see a bunch of women standing around these not knowing they are for wind power!

@jorgvonfrundsberg9643 3 жыл бұрын

You mean the vibrating "dick". LOL. 🤣🤣🤣

@johnabuick 3 жыл бұрын

depends upon how mature your mind is.

@viewer7200 3 жыл бұрын

No way this is serious! Thousands of giant erect Dildos in the South-East desert, while illegals are running between, dodging border patrol agents???

@mrdingles5107 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnabuick mind doesn't have to serious all the time! It's healthy to laugh!

@hockeymike333 3 жыл бұрын

Can't help but feel that energy pod is going to get packed with dead bugs until it seizes up.

@olaruud9366 3 жыл бұрын

Make the internal turbine non stick coated and watch colonies of spiders rejoice for the diced and sliced meals raining down into their nets.

@lonestarr1490 3 жыл бұрын

Just add some fly screens to the funnels.

@bekt7910 3 жыл бұрын

It generates energy and Crunchy snacks. Win win

$@arthurfraco2970$

@arthurfraco2970 3 жыл бұрын

@@lonestarr1490 it would cut out the power in half I bet

@ottersdangerden 3 жыл бұрын

with the wobbly blade i was thinking a curious small critter decided to venture in.

@khmf1 2 жыл бұрын

01:30 "The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock" #ALFREDHITCHCOCK Revenge of the Cats!!! LOL

@jdbreaux8080 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this "Bleeding" edge of technology. It took me a little over a year to stumble on this. I obfuscate everything I do on the Internet. So no one can target me. This is not my picture and my name is made up. I post nothing negative. Being a geek all my life, I keep looking toward the goodness in my life and others. This well satisfies both for me. Thanks Matt. Sorry for not subscribing. I know most understand, me and personal security, certainly you do along with many of your viewers.

@mjm3091 3 жыл бұрын

6:50 Those looks like giant fungi from the fungi forests era. Imagine those coloured with some trippy designs. It is only weird if its only one.

@PaleGhost69 3 жыл бұрын

Please consider doing a video on permaculture and urban food forests.

@andriikyslenko7895 3 жыл бұрын

Double that

@matthewstone3210 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I'd love to see you talk about some of the concepts in permaculture and food forests.

@lewisheasman 3 жыл бұрын

Quadruple that

@n.g.s1mple29 3 жыл бұрын

Septuple that

@clementpoulain9058 3 жыл бұрын

Gogolplextuple that

@pidginmac 2 жыл бұрын

The engineers of the past kind of showed a cultural narcissism which seemed to demand that the wind blow at a required speed, instead of adapting the technology to harness the wind as it is… Seeing this change in thinking is so inspiring. Many of these systems have been around for a while, but it is exciting to see so much new innovation in both solar and wind. Thanks for sharing. I have been shopping to find the power pod on sale, but no dice so far. I want one for my Oregon coast home.

@kimhorton6109 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought a home on three acres with very few trees on a rise above most of the nearby homes. There is a garage with a south facing roof perfect for Solar and Arkansas has some nice incentives. The wind this Spring has been great for things like those Power Pods. I think if I put up a traditional windmill my neighbors might revolt. A few of those power pods on poles, like Swallow houses could be pretty well received. I could do both here but I would need someone to do the wiring to bring it all back to an inverter in the garage and tie it to the grid.

@shize9ine 3 жыл бұрын

1:56 - Most modern turbines are direct drive, eliminating the gearbox.

@shize9ine 3 жыл бұрын

Simon WoodburyForget relative to what? A solar panel? There is no gearing from the hub to the motor, only gears would be for variable pitch

@shize9ine 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimonWoodburyForget I'm referring to your earlier comment that a direct drive wind turbine still requires lots of gears. By design, there is no gearbox and thus no cooling or lubrication of a complicated gearbox. think of it as a large electric motor and its hub attached to the blades. Less points of failure and less maintenance.

@ViiKing_ 3 жыл бұрын

When he said that it was expected to be build between 2022 and 2025 I had to check when the video was uploaded and I was for once not disappointed

@danielawesome36 3 жыл бұрын

Why? Honest question. I'm pretty dense, mate.

@Steve-eq8iz 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like one of those things that's never going to actually be made. It produces power, cleans waste water, collects rain water, has apartments inside it, etc. Sounds a bit pie in the sky.

@ViiKing_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@danielawesome36 first of all, I couldn't help but to read your comment with Jack Sparrow's voice and second, it's because usually when you hear about a large scale scientific test that's going to happen in only a couple of years, that information was given many years ago and it's most likely canceled. Like the peachy printer or lily drone for example(even though they weren't "large")

@youmessedup7758 3 жыл бұрын

@@Steve-eq8iz yeah it does but who knows maybe that’s a little glimpse of whats to come in the future

@youmessedup7758 3 жыл бұрын

@@danielawesome36 because normally when you hear about these big build projects they say it takes like 20 years+ normally so it’s just surprising that a building like that will be open in just a few years

@KjetilBalstad Жыл бұрын

Regarding birds, here in Norway the problem is not that birds die as such, but the types of birds that die. Often these are the more endagered and larger birds, like King Eagle etc.