Goodbye to solar energy ― Sweden starts mining "moon" energy over the seas with this underwater kite

As we know, the moon is what affects the seas, and causes the tides to shift. 

Here's a company in Sweden that is trying to harness that natural power by placing a sort of kit under the ocean, and capturing the power generated when the tides shifts. 

Neat idea! 

https://www.eldiario24.com/en/sweden-harness-underwater-moon-energy/25693/

Solar device converts salt water into drinking water at record speed - Earth.com

Hmmm. Convenient and cost effective way to get drinkable water from the seas?

Yeah this device can remove the salt. And it does it with solar power, so there's no net cost to run it. 

https://www.earth.com/news/solar-device-converts-salt-water-into-drinking-water-at-record-speed/

Europe goes green at desperate speed — France is creating WindTrees growing 36 artificial leaves

Now here's a clever and innovative idea for power production. Instead of a solar array or a wind turbine, a European group has invented a wind tree. It's a system that uses 36 mini turbines in branches of what look like a tree. 

That is a nice leap forward for economical and environmentally friendly means of creating energy that can be used on a local scale. 

https://www.ecoportal.net/en/europe-goes-green-windtree-home/14419/

NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Triples Size of Pleiades Star Cluster - NASA Science

Utterly fascinating.

One of the key things that I took away is that these were known as "3 stars" at some point. Then were known as 3 clusters of stars. And now they have been identified as over 1,000 stars making up this object!

And that's culled from the nearly 10,000 that are near enough by the clusters to have been possibly part of it. 

10,000 stars we can see in one location! That just boggles the mind.  

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/tess/nasas-tess-spacecraft-triples-size-of-pleiades-star-cluster/

November: AI and 5G unite bringing sports fans closer to the action than ever before | News and features | University of Bristol

The problem they identified was that at football matches, where many people converge, there is a strain on the cellular network and most fans experience latency. 

So they employed an AI solution - and for the record, this seems like an appropriate use of the technology - to best manage the network. 

In their testing, fans were able to get real time match data and stream video without buffering. And media outlets were able to communicate out information. 

It's actually pretty cool. 

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/november/new-technology-for-stadiums.html

Living cement: scientists turn bacteria-infused cement into energy-storing supercapacitors

In short, a group of Danish researchers found a way to infuse bacteria into cement, so that the bacteria can be "fed" electricity and that can be stored in the cement kind of like a battery. 

The applications would be that anything made of cement - your home, a roadway, whatever - could store energy at a low cost. And then that energy could be extracted and used. 

And all this without having to extract metals from the earth. 

https://bce.au.dk/en/currently/news/show/artikel/living-cement-scientists-turn-bacteria-infused-cement-into-energy-storing-supercapacitors

Disneyland's new plan to get everyone off their phones

This story mildly amused me. Disney wants people's heads out of their phones so they can interact with loved ones who are with them, and enjoy the moment. 

And of course the plan is to change nothing about how technology must be used. But rather to try and employ *more technology* 

Their aim is to make the use of whichever brand of connected glasses so you can look up. While watching something else and not paying any attention to those around you. 

But you can look like you are!

Such weird times we live in. 

https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/disneyland-new-plan-get-everyone-off-phones-21212611.php