10 energy technologies of the future deserve attention (Part 1)

1. Humanoid

Regardless how similar the robot and human is, once thrown off their clothes, you can only see piles of clutter of wires, and we have no similarities at all in vivo environment. A group of European scientists working on the robot to narrow the gap with human beings. They developed a high degree of anti-robot prototype able to simulate the human body structure. In this Humanoid robot body, there is a framework built by the thermoplastic polymer, with every muscle and the corresponding transmission line is similar to tendon. European scientists are aimed to develop a more closer robot with human beings, liking humans interact and respond the environment .

2. Direct carbon fuel cell

Direct carbon fuel cell has a few advantages. Carbon-based energy production does not require combustion, and its efficiency can reach about twice of the traditional coal power stations. According to California’s direct carbon technology companies it is expected in 2010 they developed the use of biomass and a 10-kilowatt installed capacity of the prototype. Ohio Contained Energy Inc. hopes to soon use the technology to power a small light bulb. The two companies developed the ultimate goal is the direct carbon fuel cell modular, built by assembling a new or existing small-scale power stations station was found to increase clean energy generation capacity.

3. Metabolomics

Over the past five years, Alberta scientists of Canada Edmonton’s University have been dedicated to “human metabolome project” research. The project specifically refers to a database that contains 8,000 naturally occurring metabolites (human body involved in chemical reactions of small molecules), 1,450 kinds of medicines, 1900 and 2900 kinds of kinds of food additives in the blood and urine tests found toxic. Using this information, researchers can group on the metabolic characteristics of patients were analyzed to allow them through blood or urine test to know whether the patient likes to eat chocolate, or the possibility of suffering from life-threatening diseases.

At present, the conduct of these tests require the help of millions of dollars worth of equipment, but these devices are often only owned by a research laboratory. Database of human metabolic group project in 2007 first published that it has applied for business for diagnostics.

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 20:54
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