▲ 160 ▼ MIT scientists propose power storage using cement blocks (www.datacenterdynamics.com) submitted 3 years ago by VulcanSphere@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments Plan to commercialize supercapacitors in the next few years
[+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent