I am sure it is just coincidence but grid storage seems to be getting publicity of late. Just the other day there was Technology Review’s (TR) article on Ambri and then yesterday The Globe and Mail ran an article regarding a Northland Power project for hydro storage. Each of these did mention three options for [...]
Read More» Posted by Paul1366 Technologies “1366” popped up in the news the other week with its opening of a demonstration plant. Technology Review’s coverage mainly compared and contrasted its business strategy with that of Solyndra. With only a small bit on the actual technology there is plenty of room for further clarification of it, including determining where 1366’s [...]
Read More» Posted by PaulSociety in general and pundits in particular are often quick to say that x or y patent is invalid after simply hearing about the concept, or reading the title, or maybe, though unlikely, reading the abstract. From here there might be some “dissing” of a patent office or raising of a conspiracy theory. This came [...]
Read More» Posted by PaulOK a mid-September Technology Review article on Crystal Solar was sitting on my desk for a bit. There were notes all over it correcting some dodgy statements about poly-silicon, but its essence had not jelled, there were just too many dangling bits. In the end there was only one thing to say; “let’s backup a bit”. [...]
Read More» Posted by PaulYou often come across bits of information that are of a very different scale, are of unknown relevance, yet may be connected by the same technical thread. Two such pieces recently appeared while keeping in touch with the phase change memory (PCM) saga. Ordering simply for the sake of discussion, the first is an article [...]
Read More» Posted by PaulAt its most fundamental a patent is a bargain between the state and an inventor, where the state receives an enabling disclosure of the invention in return for a limited monopoly. The state enters this bargain to provide the disclosed information to the public for the benefit of further invention and building of the next [...]
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