US researchers claim to be the first to beam solar power from space to Earth
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are many advantages to generating solar power in space and beaming it back to Earth, it’s cheap, unlimited, constant, and can be beamed anywhere in seconds. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
These new engineered super plants clean the air better than 30 regular plants
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People are looking at ways to use nature to help clean the environment, and air purifying plants is one way especially if they’re covering the outside of a skyscraper … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
Elon Musk targets full global energy transition with Master Plan 3
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is at the beginning of a massive energy transition, and Musk wants his companies to play a central role. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Companies are creating space based energy grids that beam electricity to anywhere Earth
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could just beam energy from space to anywhere on Earth? It would change global energy generation … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
This new in vivo glucose powered fuel cell turns humans into batteries
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Technology always pushes boundaries and at the edge we’re finding new ways to generate electricity using the human body … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
China’s space agency tests a first of a kind Stirling Engine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Stirling engines have many advantages over other forms of electricity generation, especially in space, and China have beaten NASA again to the first tests. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Researchers new high energy density grid scale storage flow battery lasts 30 years
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flow batteries have significant advantages over their traditional LIoN battery cousins, and they’re getting better. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Edinburgh-based energy storage solutions...
New material absorbs triple the amount of CO2 as existing carbon capture materials
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the Earth heats up the need to recover more CO2 from the atmosphere increases, and we need better technology and materials to do that effectively. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
In a win win this company cools datacenters by heating community pools
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Swimming pools are spending huge sums of money on heating, and datacenter operators spend huge sums on cooling, by working together this is a win win. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Hydrogen eating bacteria make electricity from air in new energy breakthrough
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is energy hungry, and by 2050 it’s estimated we will see demand reach 410 Exajoules, so we need new ways to produce it cleanly. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
China unveils a new plasma generator capable of powering hypersonic weapons
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China is taking the hypersonic bull by the horns and innovating new energy and weapons systems faster than the US can read about them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Grid scale storage costs could plummet by 90% as Iron-Air batteries go into production
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world needs alot of energy storage to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and this is a major step forwards. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Electric vehicles could meet almost all grid scale storage demands by 2030 study says
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Grid scale storage to balance the energy demands of grids requires massive investment, but what if consumers shouldered almost all of it? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
China’s CSSC unveils a wind turbine so big it can power 89,000 homes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are lots of reasons why bigger wind turbines are better, but as they get bigger soon the blades could be supersonic … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Researchers teleported energy and created negative energy for the first time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to literally teleport energy could eliminate the need for energy infrastructure … in about the year 2300! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Researchers used a quantum computer to invent a new cooling material
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computers will one day help us invent and design new things, from materials and drugs, to entire systems, in seconds thereby rapidly accelerating the rate of global innovation and change. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
This new invention lets doctors see radiation beams in real time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF How do doctors know if radiation therapy is hitting the right part of the patient or tumor? Well, until now it was “a good guess.” Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Major fusion breakthrough sees test reactor produce enough net energy to boil a kettle
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The first fusion plants might generate up to 500Mw of energy, but in a world rapidly switching to renewables is this now too little too late? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Researchers have found a way to store solar energy for over 18 years
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to store solar energy in batteries for a long time opens up some interesting battery opportunities … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Electricity from the ocean depths could power entire island nations
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ocean contains a huge amount of heat energy, but so far tapping into it hasn’t been easy. But that might change. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
