http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/ Engadget Comments for Artificial trees could function as solar-wind harvester http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
If I was going to invest money in green tech right now, I'd be planting hydro-turbines in fast moving rivers and hydro bob wave generators along the shore.

Tidal energy is WAY more efficient than solar. And the beauty is, WAVES ARE ALWAYS ROLLING because of gravitational potential energy.

They are considering doing this in my city's Hudson river.]]>Feb 24th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/now all they need is a piezoelectric "ground" to put it in so if it falls over it dies producing electricity xD]]>Feb 24th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
Tidal is possibly more efficient, yes, but still in its infancy. Besides which, what are the long-term impacts of a multi-megawatt tidal power farm mounted in a river or ocean current? Not yet known, for sure, but these things will most definitely alter the flow patterns of these bodies of water, and then on down the chain, other things are consumately affected. Silt depositions move upstream as the slower-moving waters now lose their capacity to carry? Downstream wildlife begins to starve as essential nutrients are dropped farther upstream than they used to be? Churning of the water no longer allows for hot/cold zones in the waterways? The impacts could be minimal, could be major. But not something that will act as a cure-all, that's for certain.

They're doing studies now on altered weather patterns on the down-wind side of wind farms.

Not saying they're not a viable alternative, just not something we ought to jump right into before we understand what the impacts will be. That's why we're in the situation we are now.]]>Feb 24th 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
modeled... not molded... no trees are harmed in the making of this electricity (aside from the ones trying to grow under them) :-P]]>Feb 24th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
said with an ascending pitch of voice]]>Feb 24th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
"Fake Plastic Trees" was a big mainstream hit single off of "The Bends", which was Radiohead's big mainstream hit album.]]>Feb 24th 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 25th 2009 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
Thanks for reminding me what an old guy I'm turning into... the other day I had "Pablo Honey" blasting on my home stereo, and a hippy came to the door trying to sell some student-art 'zine. After I declined his pitch, he asked what I was listening to, and I told him Radiohead, and the album title. He said he "hadn't heard that new one yet" (obviously didn't know the old stuff either!)

Great band...they don't seem that old.]]>Feb 25th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Seriously...does anybody give a fuck how non-"mainstream" the music you listen to is?]]>Feb 25th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
The £50million tree]]>Feb 24th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/How Will We Make Paper?!]]>Feb 24th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
In All Seriousness, This Seems Like A Good Idea. We're A World That Is Based Off Technology.]]>Feb 24th 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
$\int_\Omega a\nabla u \nabla v = \int_\Omega fv\ \forall v\in H^1_0(\Omega)$

I'll keep my paper.]]>Feb 24th 2009 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/huh. Biomimicry sounds an awful lot like the formal/technical definition of cybernetics (but, obviously not much like the common/pop-culture definition).
]]>Feb 24th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 26th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 24th 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 26th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/
Thanks Engadget. I really enjoyed seeing that video again.]]>Feb 24th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 25th 2009 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 25th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 25th 2009 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/]]>Feb 25th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 25th 2009 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 25th 2009 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/Feb 25th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/24/artificial-trees-could-function-as-solar-wind-harvester/

1. Plant a tree
2. Wait for it to grow
3. Burn it in a power plant
4. ???
5. PROFIT!

no nanotecnology needed :)]]>Feb 25th 2009 7:10AM