Collaborate Disseminate
A good rule of thumb is that everything that can interact with electromagnetic (EM) radiation is an antenna, which includes our mostly-salty-water-containing bodies and also raindrops and moisture in the …read more Continue reading Why Raindrops Make for Pretty Good Antennae
Recently, [Vinnie] aka [vinthewrench] moved from Oregon to Arkansas to start a farmstead. This is a style of farming that focuses not just on a profitable farm where produce is …read more Continue reading DIY, Full-Stack Farm Automation
Acid rain sucks, particularly if you run a fancy university with lots of lovely statues outside. If you’d like to try and predict when it’s going to occur, you might …read more Continue reading Sensor Package Aims To Predict Acid Rain
It’s a fair bet that most of us have a ton of wireless doo-dads around the house, from garage door remotes to wireless thermometers. Each of these gadgets seems to …read more Continue reading A LoRa Rain Gauge from the Ground Up
The dynamic way different-shaped snowflakes perform distinct ‘dances’ within clouds has been found to hugely influence how much precipitation forms and is likely to fall to Earth. The discovery of this unique cloud choreography has the potential to gui… Continue reading ‘Dancing snowflakes’ in clouds can help us accurately forecast rainfall
Artificial-turf sports and playground fields may be more durable and require less maintenance than those covered in natural grass, but they also get very hot during warm weather. Scientists have devised a natural method of cooling them – and the cities… Continue reading Sports fields could cool cities via rainwater stored beneath turf
Collecting energy from various small mechanical processes has always been something that’s been technically possible, but never done on a large scale due to issues with cost and scalability. It’s …read more Continue reading Harvesting Mechanical Energy from Falling Rain
It’s certainly not uncommon for backpackers to carry a rain poncho, hammock, shelter and groundsheet. The Nomad Cape is aimed at lightening their load, by combining all four pieces of gear in one unit.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: … Continue reading Nomad Cape combines four trekking functions in a single system
It seems obvious that if you dig or drill into the soil, at some point you will hit groundwater. Drill deep enough and you will reach an aquifer containing enormous …read more Continue reading Groundwater: Management Of A Much Neglected Lifeline
The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its centenary on the 1st of July, 2021. For such a celebration, clear skies and clean air would be ideal. For the capable nation-state, however, …read more Continue reading Is Cloud Seeding Good, Bad, or Ugly?