Debunking

It’s peltier thermoelectric generator TEG time again! This time the University of Colorado Boulder claim to have a new flexible TEG device you can stick on your skin that can power wearable and Internet of Things devices. It’s The Matrix! and the media are lapping it up. Can your body …

Dave debunks the Xiaomi Mi Air wireless charging system that claims to be able to charge at 5W up to several meters using mm wave RF beam steering technology. Where have we heard this before? The Amp Hour 5G episode: https://theamphour.com/430-shahriar-discusses-5g/ https://blog.mi.com/en/2021/01/29/forget-about-cables-and-charging-stands-with-revolutionary-mi-air-charge-technology/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1369-xiaomi-mi-air-wireless-charging-busted!/ Podcast: Download

Solar FREAKIN’ Roadways has just raised over $1M by selling common stock in the company! AND has scored ANOTHER government contract!, this time from the Department of Defence! Solar FREAKIN’ Aircraft Carriers! https://www.startengine.com/solar-roadways Energy Output: https://monitoringpublic.solaredge.com/solaredge-web/p/kiosk?guid=1e085701-ccb3-4ce5-b107-86e3b5e831dd&locale=en_US Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1363-solar-freakin-roadways-gets-new-funding!/ Podcast: Download

If you thought Solar Rowadways was done and dusted in 2020, you were WRONG! French road company Colas Wattway have found a new sucker to try their already epically failed Wattway solar panels, this time in Georgia in the United States as part of a government funded initiative through Curiosity …

Two Japanese guys have been working for 30 years on a “Gavitational Power Generator” over-unity machine that produces 30-100 times the input energy. The Japanese Patent office disagrees in an hilarious Kickstarter own-goal! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sunteljp/the-gravitational-power-generator-eco-turbine/description Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eevblab/eevblab-82-kickstarter-over-unity-gravitational-power-generator!/