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The long awaited follow up to The Black Path. There is a band this time. There is stress this time. This is very different than the last one, and that is why we love it. It's a record about being …
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Following on from the comments in this post https://plus.google.com/114133424228405038490/posts/MHq1RSv4Usi about the flywheel hybrid system being used by Audi and Porsche on their endurance race cars, here's a link to a bit more on through-the-road hybrids (along with all the other flavors).
And here's another about Peugeot's version of a TtR hybrid
http://green.autoblog.com/2008/10/06/paris-2008-peugeot-citroen-hymotion4-hybrid-drive-system/
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Defining Hybrids- Hybrid systems are typically described as micro, mild or strong depending on the amount of electrical power available to drive the vehicle. The most basic function of hybrid systems …
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Here's how the electromechanical flywheel hybrid system was installed in the 2010 version of the +Porsche 911 GT3R Hybrid. The version in the new +Audi USA R18 e-tron quattro is about half the size and weight.
In album 911 hybrid (91 photos)
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In the week following the 12 Hours of Sebring, +Audi USA and +Highcroft Racing stuck around the Florida race track to work on preparing their mounts for 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
While Highcroft will only be running the +Nissan DeltaWing in France, Audi will be running the full World Endurance Championship schedule with both the R18 TDI Ultra (turbodiesel) and the hybrid R18 e-tron Quattro.
The e-tron uses an electro-mechanical flywheel system to recapture energy under braking and then feed it back to the front wheels through electric motors while accelerating. The flywheel system has been in development for several years now and was originally created by the Williams F1 team.
+Porsche licensed it from Williams in 2010 and continued development in the 911 GT3R hybrid in 2010-11. When Porsche first installed the 40,000 rpm system in the 911 in 2010, it added about 100 pounds to the car. The revised version used in 2011 cut that mass to about 70 pounds and the unit in the R18 is now down to about 50 pounds.
When I first talked to Porsche engineers about the flywheel system (http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/hybrids/porsche-911-gt3r-hybrid-flywheel) they indicated that it probably wouldn't show up in a production 911 anytime soon but they said they were making the flywheel unit smaller and lighter. The original version sat where the passenger seat normally goes in a 911. Porsche hinted at the possibility of a future version of the 911 Cup cars with smaller unit mounted behind the seats where the vestigial back seat normally goes. It sounds like they have achieved their goal of shrinking the flywheel and I wouldn't be surprised to see a hybrid Porsche Cup car in 2013.
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The topic of discussion on +Up with Chris Hayes this morning is atheism. Among the guests are Stephen Pinker and Richard Dawkins. While I generally agree with Dawkins, one of the things he said was that "science has earned a measure of trust" while discussing climate change and evolution.
The problem is that while the general of concept of trust in science certainly applies when it comes to pure science that is done for the purpose of gaining knowledge, much of the science that we see today is done within the context of business.
In almost all areas of human endeavor, money has a corrupting influence on science. One of the basic tenets of science is that you should always be skeptical and keep testing theories in an attempt to disprove them. A fundamental component of the scientific method is that nothing can ever be proven absolutely true. The more a theory is tested and survives, the more likely it is to be true. When theories are tested all the data should be released and peer reviewed whether it supports or negates the hypothesis so that everyone can learn from it.
When business participates in science, much of the data ends up being suppressed, especially the negative data. Tests are formulated in ways that support the data. This is often particularly true in the pharmaceutical industry but it also occurs in many businesses. This is why we get drugs coming out that can have little or no real benefit or others that actually cause more harm than good.
It's critical that we always remain skeptical whether something is couched in religion or science.
Question Everything Always!
#upwithchrishayes #science #skepticism
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Cool training film produced by Bell Labs in 1951 designed to teach people how to make long distance phone calls by direct dialing with an area code, something that was still a new concept at the time. Interestingly, Bell thought that a mere 80 area codes would be sufficient to cover the United States and Canada.
There is some interesting stuff in there about the history of the phone system and how it all began with manual switching and gradually evolved to automatic systems by the 1950s. It's pretty amazing that they were able to make all this stuff work at all in pre-computer days.
via TechnoBuffalo http://www.technobuffalo.com/technobuffalo/flashback-friday/flashback-friday-the-nation-at-your-fingertips/
#technology #phones
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