Er, yes. And/or a generator. Would improve, eg, wind turbine efficiencies by as much as 50% as they don't need to be optimised for a particular speed. There was even a plan to make a wind turbin… (View Post)

If the material can be engineered and it can take large magnetic field strengths then the sky is the limit. It would revolutionise just about every industry that uses electricity. Fusion power, super… (View Post)

Interesting! Looks like there is _something_ going on. All the samples seem to tilt as if they either aren't 100% pure, or there's some directionality to the effect. (View Post)

There Can Be Only One. [Definitely no spin offs or sequels] One shot in that film did attain a certain niche notoriety amongst climbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy6hpCVIgo8 It is obligatory t… (View Post)

Power transmission is a tiny tiny part of what you could do with such a substance. It would be an total and utter revolution. Shame it is probably "50 years" in the future, like fusion powe… (View Post)