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Sundae · 09-20-2011, 02:20 PM

Dana, you going to watch This Is Jinsy?
Peter Serafinowicz (I looked it up) stars in one episode. As do Tennant and Tate.

Opinion seems divided but I thought I'd at least have a look, "Has the wit to become a less malevolent League of Gentlemen".
Although part of what I love about the League is of course their malevolence...

DanaC · 09-20-2011, 02:40 PM

Oooooh. How's this managed to pass me by? I've heard the name, but not sure where I've come across it. Having just wikid it, yes I am going to watch it.

Looks damn fine.

Lamplighter · 06-28-2013, 08:15 PM

How would you like to be a graduate student and be the lead author on this...

Univ of Texas
June 27, 2013
Chemists Work to Desalt the Ocean for Drinking Water, One Nanoliter at a Time

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By creating a small electrical field that removes salts from seawater,
chemists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Marburg in Germany
have introduced a new method for the desalination of seawater that consumes less energy
and is dramatically simpler than conventional techniques.

The new method requires so little energy that it can run on a store-bought battery.
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Flint · 06-28-2013, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

My mind has a crush on your mind.

And she's hott, too. Damn shame we didn't get a chance to party in swimsuits, but that's Texas weather for ya.

ZenGum · 06-30-2013, 10:21 PM

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/34.../1545.abstract

Be sure to click the Editor's summary tab, to get it explained in regular English, but the key points are

Quote:

Over 1.1 kilometers of a specially designed optical fiber that minimizes mode coupling, we achieved 400-gigabits-per-second data transmission using four angular momentum modes at a single wavelength, and 1.6 terabits per second using two OAM modes over 10 wavelengths.

Happy Monkey · 07-02-2013, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Chemists Work to Desalt the Ocean for Drinking Water, One Nanoliter at a Time
...
The new method requires so little energy that it can run on a store-bought battery.

Per nanoliter?

Lamplighter · 07-02-2013, 02:22 PM

Nanoliters today, oceans tomorrow

I think this is something like a gate-keeper, where the voltage
only opens and closes the gate to the flow of the (purified) liquid.

It's not like reverse osmosis where (larger amounts of)
continuous energy is needed to remove the contaminants.

BigV · 07-02-2013, 02:48 PM

tha's nanoliters of 25% desalted water.

I can't say how promising this is, but the idea of using energy to move the water and leave the salt behind isn't new, nor difficult to scale up. Just look up, to the clouds.

glatt · 07-02-2013, 03:02 PM

You say 25% desalted, I say 75% salted.

Yuck.

BigV · 07-02-2013, 03:17 PM

right.

it's a proof of concept, needing dramatic increases in volume and thoroughness before it can produce drinking water (the article itself says that drinking water needs to be 99% desalted. the authors/researchers are confident [of course] that this level "can be reached".)

good on them, and good luck.

footfootfoot · 07-02-2013, 04:08 PM

Then again there's always the old tin can under the funnel shaped plastic sheet.

How much does sun cost again? Remind me.

orthodoc · 07-02-2013, 09:27 PM

I also vote for the tin can under the plastic sheet with a stone on top to create a funnel effect. Why can't we scale this concept up? We already know it works.

Cost of the sun, let's see ... sorry, foot, I'll have to get back to you on that complicated formula.

Lamplighter · 07-02-2013, 09:58 PM

I've placed the order for Apple replace all your iPhones
with the tin cans and the appropriate lengths of string.

ZenGum · 07-02-2013, 10:37 PM

Solar powered desalination stills exist and work. I forget the figures but they're big and produce only small amounts of water. Once built, they pretty much run themselves, apart from changing the water.

footfootfoot · 07-04-2013, 08:45 PM

How about encouraging the boiling of water using vacuum tubes to heat the water? Those fuckers get hot.

09-20-2011, 02:20 PM	#16
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Dana, you going to watch This Is Jinsy? Peter Serafinowicz (I looked it up) stars in one episode. As do Tennant and Tate. Opinion seems divided but I thought I'd at least have a look, "Has the wit to become a less malevolent League of Gentlemen". Although part of what I love about the League is of course their malevolence... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

07-02-2013, 02:48 PM	#23
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	tha's nanoliters of 25% desalted water. I can't say how promising this is, but the idea of using energy to move the water and leave the salt behind isn't new, nor difficult to scale up. Just look up, to the clouds. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-02-2013, 03:17 PM	#25
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	right. it's a proof of concept, needing dramatic increases in volume and thoroughness before it can produce drinking water (the article itself says that drinking water needs to be 99% desalted. the authors/researchers are confident [of course] that this level "can be reached".) good on them, and good luck. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-02-2013, 04:08 PM	#26
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Then again there's always the old tin can under the funnel shaped plastic sheet. How much does sun cost again? Remind me. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-02-2013, 09:27 PM	#27
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I also vote for the tin can under the plastic sheet with a stone on top to create a funnel effect. Why can't we scale this concept up? We already know it works. Cost of the sun, let's see ... sorry, foot, I'll have to get back to you on that complicated formula. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-02-2013, 02:22 PM	#22
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Nanoliters today, oceans tomorrow I think this is something like a gate-keeper, where the voltage only opens and closes the gate to the flow of the (purified) liquid. It's not like reverse osmosis where (larger amounts of) continuous energy is needed to remove the contaminants.

07-02-2013, 03:02 PM	#24
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	You say 25% desalted, I say 75% salted. Yuck.

07-02-2013, 09:58 PM	#28
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I've placed the order for Apple replace all your iPhones with the tin cans and the appropriate lengths of string.

07-02-2013, 10:37 PM	#29
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Solar powered desalination stills exist and work. I forget the figures but they're big and produce only small amounts of water. Once built, they pretty much run themselves, apart from changing the water. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-04-2013, 08:45 PM	#30
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	How about encouraging the boiling of water using vacuum tubes to heat the water? Those fuckers get hot. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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