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MIT scientists propose power storage using cement blocks (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Plan to commercialize supercapacitors in the next few years

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blocks of cement infused with a form of carbon similar to soot could store enough energy to power whole households. A single 3.5-meter block could hold 10kWh of energy, and power a house for a day, and the technology could be commercialized in a matter of years, the scientists say.

[–] TropicalDingdong 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This kind of shit comes out of MIT daily and never manifests into reality. They've got a great PR team.

[–] elbarto777 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TropicalDingdong 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just try this as an exercise. Keep a journal of how many world changing batteries are presented by the MIT PR department from today, through one year. Three years later, open the journal and see how many have found any meaningful application in the real world.

You gave a link to the MIT PR department. Like, yeah, that's my point. They are phenomenal at tooting their own horn. But the conversion rate to there actually being a there there is extremely low.

[–] elbarto777 5 points 1 year ago

Oh I see! Fair enough.