A quick day-one Comic Con update...

[ps238principal]

Comments

Wonder Woman Video

[kiddala]

Floors certainly are slippery in Wonder Woman land

Re: Wonder Woman Video

[tremor3258]

Looks like it got taken off already.

Solar energy "fuel"

[ext_561367]

Well, "fuel" is overstating the case considerably. The material in question, when exposed to light, stores it, and then can release it as heat - more like a heating pack that you can expose to the sun to recharge, instead of a fuel.

If it meets the claimed energy density greater than that of lithium-ion batteries, then you could potentially store more energy per unit volume than the equivalent battery pack. However, you still need to convert the heat produced to electricity if you want it to power most devices, and that process is not very efficient.

Re: Solar energy "fuel"

[vulpisfoxfire]

Ah. Not having read the article yet, I was about to comment that we already *have* a fuel that stores solar energy--ethanol. Or any other plant-based fuel, really. :-)

But yeah--this sounds more like a cross between the already existing photovoltaic and thermophotovoltaic cells and the capacitor-like effect of whatever that stuff is in 'glow in the dark' plastic.

Re: Solar energy "fuel"

[bearfoot]

And doesn't technically gasoline already count as a "fuel that stores solar power?" I mean those dinos didn't just go on nothing.. :P

[matrixviking]

Cosplay costumes! We want to see Nearly Naked Chicks(tm)!

Please?

[zenfrodo]

BLUE CANARY!!! WANT!!

Thanks for pointing it out -- now I know what to get my husband for his birthday!

TMBG & SDCC posters

[aujahlisa]

In "Chrome Circle" Mercedes Lackey once had a good guy use "Birdhouse..." and other TMBG songs to counter psychic torture. Infected all the minions in the dungeon.

Large favor/request: If you happen to see any Yo Gabba Gabba posters, would you be willing to snag an extra? I've got a non-fen cousin with a daughter who is a mad fan...