Abstractions and Reactions

TrailblazeDecember 16, 2007 2:04 am

This came from my ideation as a reaction to the current overreliance from fossil fuels.

See picture at http://midas.blogsome.com/images/gravitymill.jpg

A GravityMill using bubble rims with magnet. The vertical section on the left is immersed in a heavy liquid. The right side is sealed and the liquid is prevented from seeping. The bubbles entering the liquid is pushed up by the volume displacement of the liquid. On the other half, the gravity of the bubbles out of the liquid provides a force downward to reinforce the circular movement. The magnets in the bubble containment can then be used to excite electrons flowing thru a coil in a unidirectional way to produce a positive and a negative terminal. Gravity is then harness for lighting etc.

TrailblazeOctober 13, 2007 9:02 am
Electrolysis is the passage of electricity through a substance which is molten or in an aqueous solution resulting in chemical reactions at the electrodes - according to Wikipedia.
The difficulty I think in harnessing lightning is handling such high voltage (electronics and electrical systems may easily fry). Also using it for a consistent output of lower voltage is a challenge.
Using water in gaseous form as the target of directed lightning (thru lightning rods or other means) could be easier. I think high voltage will easily turn water into ionic Hydrogen and Oxygen. Electric overloading will not be encountered as the high voltage is not directly connected to electric system.  However, the mechanism to trap Oxygen and Hydrogen into separate chambers at that instant, must be provided.
The ff. links are about triggering lightning w/c may be complementary to the idea:
Once Hydrogen and Oxygen is collected, consistent electricity can be recreated via a combustion chamber where both chemicals are allowed to spark (with water coming out of the exhaust system). The combustion will then turn the generator which will produce electricity. Fuel cells to power vehicles can also be made from the stored Hydrogen.
TrailblazeOctober 8, 2007 1:05 am
My idea for harnessing it is to put up lightning rods to power a water hydrolysis system that will separate Hydrogen to be stored for fuel and Oxygen for other purposes.  I just hope some study be done on this.
Trailblaze 1:03 am

Why not install a national pipeline where sea water is supplied.  Then people can connect to it for flushing toilets, forest fire prevention, even creating an inland fish culture, etc. Aside from the freshwater savings, the private sector will be encouraged to develop water filtration systems to obtain fresh water. I suggest using ceramics and gravity, or perhaps using sea water circulating on dome roofing system where distillation can occur and excess heat from buildings can be dissipated while salt becomes another byproduct. 

I must admit that this could be feasible only on bay areas.  Until drainage system is sure not to end in fresh water rivers, etc.  This brings us then to another environmental problem at hand, where chemicals and other wastes find their way to the rivers.

CritiqueOctober 1, 2007 9:32 pm

Money is like blood.  If we have a closed national e-business market, digital cash may better be issued periodically to all.  People do have a capacity to produce but the blood transport system in the real world of supposedly free market, does not circulate freely to the extremities.  Casino, financial markets, lotto, taxes, SSS/pension contributions and the like are like blood magnets that funnel the direction of money and lump it somewhere.  Many of such devise are for ideal or benevolent purposes, but in actuality the money once accumulated is very susceptible to speculative endeavors and leakage/lesions.

Blood is carried from the heart to all parts of your body in vessels called arteries. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Abnormalities in blood circulation can mean a silent killer lurks or it may already be accompanied with failure in heart, kidney etc.  Much the same in national finance.  Economic data may present a rosy picture although many people are close to dying.  At each cycle flow of blood, fresh oxygen and sustenance must reach all parts of the body.  Many people are surviving from other means.  The market cannot be freer if the money or blood is stuck somewhere by swelling or is coagulated in some financial organ.

TrailblazeSeptember 29, 2007 8:22 am

A surefire way to be on the cutting edge of a field is invention! I believe that humanity is on the infancy of immortality. To discount the possibility of what comes in the foreknowledge of our minds is a great disservice to our race. The 3rd world will break such state of underdevelopment by exploring knowledge with pure courage. Relying on a hand me down technology is out of the question as humanity have just barely scratch the mind in the universe. There are many directions that knowledge can turn. The 3rd world must start to trailblaze one that is most compatible with their culture and experience so that in the end we can be armed with a barter mechanism for participating in the strides of all human race.

TrailblazeSeptember 28, 2007 9:51 am

If you are familiar with Linux, you already heard about open software.  It simply means that with Linux, you can download an OS and its code (anyone can improve said system).   With this we can harness the creativity of our young students and professionals in creating a modified system for academic and national gov’t needs.  In the process, we can pump prime the economy by giving add’l employment to our youth.  Perhaps we can create a modified TCP/IP system to implement on the BPL.  I believe, a simple modification to the data packets may be made for a closed Phil. only internet. 

Another approach may be to partner with the creators of 2nd Life (http://secondlife.com/whatis/) and using unmodified TCP/IP, with the BPL implemented as a large Wide-Area-Network.

Continuous harnessing of Filipino talents here and abroad and the emerging technologies will be in our country’s favor.  New applications can be invented such as online census or voting system, not to mention having a unified national ebusiness h-way.

We can modify the  BPL modem to include a sim card and perhaps a biometric panel attachment where thumbmarks can be processed for a higher level of security.  Perhaps, in the process our country may overtake other countries in technology!

 

TrailblazeSeptember 14, 2007 2:28 pm

Welcome to my new blog.

For my first post, I would like to offer a solution to the broadband requirement of the Philippines (as you may have read, there is a lot of smell emanating from the broadband deal inked out by the GMA administration):

I. At a Glance

http://midas.blogsome.com/images/bpl_01.jpg

There is a technology called BPL (Broadband Over Power Lines) where internet signals are sent thru one’s home power outlets.  That means we build electric lines to the remotest village and voila their barangay can be connected thru the internet! 

1) Using a BPL solution, we can talk to the Linux Community and

they will gladly help with an 2) operating system software for internet servers. 

Hire a software team and create 3) encryption and security system. 

use the BPL technology for a 4) closed Philippine intranet with 2 tiers. 

     4a) One is public - homes can access by purchasing a modified modem and plugging to their power sockets (from their computers).

     4b) The other tier is accessible only amongst gov’t offices.

II.  Benefits

With this, our country will then earn from advertising and the fees from web owners (whose site they would like to be accessible to people who may have no broadband yet).  That means that google, for example, can have their web applications an assured audience. 

The same facility can also be used for creating an online business that the government can properly tax and still be more affordable for households with optional id system (for buyers and sellers).  Barangays and cooperatives may be handed out seller privelages to lessen middlemen and handling charges.

Education, health consultations and many other services can be facilitated, monitored and regulated.

III. Conclusion

We improve our electrification effort and we connect the entire nation in one project!

Correction: we hit 5 birds in one stone.  1) cost savings  2) electrification  3) broadband  4) income  5) control