When it comes to heating and cooling our homes, or producing hot water, a heat pump is one of the most energy efficient ways to go. However, there’s a category of material that can store heat for a water heater, or in insulation to reduce your heating and cooling needs. Phase change materials (PCM) have high energy storage properties, can be easy to install, and don’t take up a lot of space. We’re essentially talking about a heat battery. Are phase change materials a good option for our homes? Let’s see if we can come to a decision on this.
The Ethereum Merge: Why Crypto World Is So Excited | Tech News Briefing Podcast | WSJ
The crypto platform Ethereum is preparing for a major system overhaul aimed at reducing the amount of electricity the network uses. But the update could lead to other changes to how Ethereum works. WSJ cryptocurrency reporter Paul Vigna joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why the change is being implemented and what it could mean for the network.
How Writers Can Create an NFT
In this video, you will learn how to create an NFT (non-fungible token) for your writing via https://mirror.xyz/. This is a great way to protect your intellectual property and make sure that only you can use and sell your work.
Why Chris Best Created Substack
Substack is an American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription newsletters. It allows writers to send digital newsletters directly to subscribers. Founded in 2017, Substack is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Joe Rogan Podcast: Michio Kaku On Elon Musk Neuralink & The Future of Humans With Technology
It’s a natural evolution to communicate faster and faster. It started with sounds and signals, then speech, then writing, then smoke signals, then the telephone,telegraph, telex, facsimile, email, you name it. Acceleration of communication (both in the speed of communication itself, as in the speed of delivery of information) is a natural thing in societies that are technologically progressing. I thought about this a long time ago and came to the conclusion it will be inevitable that we ultimately will be mentally connected to each other, as a collective.
Hedge Fund-Like Trading Strategies on the Blockchain
Sommelier Co-Founder Zaki Manian joins Jill Malandrino on TradeTalks to discuss hedge fund-like trading strategies on the blockchain.
How salt and sand could replace lithium batteries
We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we’ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
NFTs Explained: NFTs For Authors & The Creator Economy
Jesse Krieger is an author, publisher and founder of Lifestyle Entrepreneur Press. He understands the whole world of authorship and publishing., as a creative, take advantage of what is going on in the nonfungible token or NFT space, which is where Jesse is an expert. He has over 150 titles on his list and in his back catalog.
For today’s discussion, he is the co-founder and chief content officer at powerfan.io where it’s his mission to connect authors and fans in valuable new ways using NFTs and Blockchain.
How Fiber Will Speed Up America’s Internet
Fiber connections provide users with very fast, reliable internet. But, only 43% of U.S. households have access to a fiber internet connection. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that passed in November 2021 promises to bridge this digital divide, with $65 billion dedicated to expanding access to broadband internet to all Americans. Such government support, along with a number of other factors, have caused a spike in the demand for fiber products. CNBC visited Corning, the world’s largest manufacturer of optical fiber and North America’s largest producer of fiber optic cables to understand the technology behind fiber-optic internet and how the market for fiber products is changing. Fiber-based networks make up the majority of the internet’s backbone. Fiber-optic subsea cables spanning thousands of miles connect continents together, exchanging data at nearly the speed of light. Meanwhile, the massive data centers that host all of our cloud-based applications also rely on fiber connections. Increasingly, these fiber connections are making their way directly into peoples’ homes, providing them with fast, reliable internet. But, only 43% of U.S. households have access to a fiber internet connection. “In some instances, particularly in rural areas and very challenging geographies, it can be prohibitively expensive to to deploy fiber and it can be very expensive for households to pay for it,” says Julija Jurkevic, a senior research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
The Truth About Solar Panels
Thanks to a 70% drop in price since 2010 and plenty of government subsidies, solar panels have become an integral part of the utility grid, as well as many home rooftops. However, this renewable energy technology isn’t all sunshine. There’s a potential tsunami of panels that will be nearing their end-of-life in the coming years. That fact has concerned many people, as the vast majority of panels here in the U.S. aren’t recycled. Why is that and what happens to these panels at the end of their service life? Is it even possible to recycle solar panels? There’s some interesting advances there that we have to talk about. Let’s see if we can come to a decision on this.