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Works in theory! Practice? That's something else
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Um… no. Too easy to knock ‘em down…
Plant IVLIFE SUPPORT FOR YOUR HOUSE PLANTReal. I even bought one for my gardener wife as a joke.
But, they're actually useful in that they drip irrigate house plants. The image is a hyperlink to amazon, $6.75 |
Adsorption Air Conditioner
Adsorption was probably the first cooling technology and is of course real.
But this is fake in that there's a ready-to-go system. AFAIK, you'd have to DIY it. The BryChill has a COP of .55 and the hot water inlet is 60 to 90°C. The image is a link. PV & Thermal panels like the DualSun are 425W PV & 1372.8 Wth @ 80°C, so a 10 kW PV system would generate about 33 kW of hot water at 80°C. With a COP of .55 (assuming the math is right) that's 62,000 BTU of cooling available. (@Supervstech will probably check me out on this, he's a wizard at AC). Of course, nothing at night or when it's overcast and as the system has nearly a full vacuum the inevitable leaks might need the occasional vacuum pumping. Not to mention all the extra plumbing. Still, if you're like me the AC is the biggest consumer of energy. |
Millenium Falcon BlimpImagine the reaction when this highly detailed painted blimpof the iconic Millenium Falcon hovers or shoots across your skies.
Fake. But could be done I guess.
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Fake? Waahhh... I imagine a blimp could be painted to resemble the M.F. but I see no practical way to build one in that shape...
Millenium Falcon Blimp
Imagine the reaction when this highly detailed painted blimp
of the iconic Millenium Falcon hovers or shoots across your skies.
- Can carry two passengers
- Cruises at 60 mph
- 1000 mile range
Fake. But could be done I guess.
A blimp is just the displacement of the weight of air by something lighter (or a vacuum). Why couldn't it be in any shape you like?I see no practical way to build one in that shape...
The problem of making a blimp in any shape beyond cigar ish becomes structure to maintain the shape is heavy. I suppose a series of cigar or hexagonal shapes could be stacked into the basic shape, but then the extra material for holding all the hexagonal shapes falls into mass etc...A blimp is just the displacement of the weight of air by something lighter (or a vacuum). Why couldn't it be in any shape you like?
The mass would need to be properly centered to keep horizontal flight, so you might have to be in the bottom gunner's chair rather than the cockpit. Could be complicated with fuel and propulsion weight unless everything was stacked in the center. Possibly use drone-like fan systems for some of the lift so you could control up/down and keep things horizontal even though the mass is a little off-center? You could have a ring inside that a weight traverses that acts as a counterbalance.
Kangaroo ShoesTie me Kangaroo down sport... or notSo, real... image is a link
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SnowTeng - Electrical Power from SnowScientists have known that snow carries an electrical charge for several decades, but this device is one of the first to capitalize on that effect to power your home during winter when the sun doesn't shine.HOW DOES IT WORK? H2O is a polar molecule, meaning that one of its sides is negatively charged (specifically, the side with the oxygen atom) and the other is positively charged (the side with the two hydrogen atoms). When water molecules crystalize into snowflakes, they orient themselves such that the snowflake gets an overall charge. Friction, too, can confer an electrical charge to snowflakes. Real effect, Fake device. Output is 0.2 milliwatts per square meter. The image is from a car's fuel cell stack. You could probably get more power from snow via its potential energy.
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3M ELM TapeLuminescent in magnetic fields, instantly find poor connections ortripped breakers! Brightness is proportional to field strength, low or high amp carrying cables can instantly be seen, invaluable for safety! Fake AFAIK. What's shown is 3M's Photoluminescent tape.
It would be cool though and magnetic luminescence is real. |
Shoe Lights
Real, google shoe lights, a lot of varieties on Amazon.
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Mr Fusion (Home Fusion Kit)
Real, sort of... seems like you can get all the stuff on line and actually create fusion. But watch the video!
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Gravity Pumped AC BootsThe human body is cooled in two ways: the evaporation of sweat and heat transfer from where large volumes of blood pass close to the surface (e.g., neck, hands, feet).As you walk you compress the working fluid and move air passed the heat rejection chamber. The cooling fluid is circulated around your feet, keeping you cooler as you walk. Fake. But I like the idea.
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$0.2/kWh Zinc Bromide Flow Battery
Real, at least according to this.
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