turbines
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Strapping a Jet Engine To Your Head Is a Deafening Way to Stay Dry in the Rain
Humans have been battling rain for as long as we’ve been around, and somehow the umbrella is the best option we’ve come up with for keeping (mostly) dry. There has to be a better solution, which Ivan Miranda has potentially created by throwing more technology at the problem.
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Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades?
Video: There’s diminishing returns when it comes to adding more blades to a wind turbine, however fewer blades mean the turbine would have to spin faster, which is apparently not a very good thing when it comes to controlling a turbine. That’s basically why we settled on the three-bladed wind turbine system. I think it…
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This Wonderful Sound Is A Turbine Engine’s Worst Nightmare
Turbines are huge, intricate, beautiful machines. And if you drop something inside of them, they double as musical instruments. But as YouTuber AgentJayZ demonstrates, the delightful xylophone sound that makes is actually horrible.
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Monster Machines: World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Is As Broad As An Airbus 380
The first commercial offshore wind turbine that Siemens created 30 years ago had 5m long blades and produced a paltry 30kW. A lot can change over three decades. The company’s newest offshore model isn’t just the biggest in the sea; it’s the biggest anywhere.