"Genesis" of Energy Chips: the Family Tree of energy technology

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” -- Peter Thiel, PayPal Co-founder

To power the flying car, we will need an energy source, preferably one that is silent, clean, and uses no fuel.

Where to find such a device? As of now, this technology does not exist; so, we will have to invent it.

The starting point for this would be with the ideas of Nikola Tesla. In 1892, Tesla delivered a lecture before the IEE, in London.

    Nikola Tesla

In that remarkable lecture, Tesla said:

Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point of the universe. This idea is not novel. Men have been led to it long ago by instinct or reason. It has been expressed in many ways, and in many places, in the history of old and new. We find it in the delightful myth of Antheus, who derives power from the earth; we find it among the subtle speculations of one of your splendid mathematicians, and in many hints and statements of thinkers of the present time. Throughout space there is energy. Is this energy static or kinetic?

 

If static our hopes are in vain; if kinetic—and this we know it is, for certain—then it is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature.

"...it is a mere question of time..."; it has been 122 years since then. Perhaps a bit longer than what Tesla had in mind?

But, the energy is there, and it always has been. We merely need to learn how to access it, as Tesla pointed out.

One who took up Tesla's challenge was Dr. T. Henry Moray, of Salt Lake City.

  T. Henry Moray

Starting in the early 1900's, and through the early 1940's, Moray built, and demonstrated, a series of what he called "radiant energy" devices. The last model he built was destroyed by a laboratory assistant, and was never rebuilt.

   Dr. Moray demonstrating his energy device

Dr. Moray's son, John Moray, published a book about the device, The Sea Of Energy.

  The Sea Of Energy, 1978 edition

For whatever reason, John Moray never attempted to rebuild any of his father's energy devices.

So, after more than 70 years, we are taking up the challenge laid down by Tesla, and pursued and then abandoned by Moray.

The question is: can we do it?

The answer is: of course we will do it! Why? Because we need it. We need it to power our flying car. Remember the old saying, that necessity is the mother of invention? (And I'm not talking about Frank Zappa's band, either!)

Where Moray used vacuum tube technology for his device, we can make use of the solid-state revolution, to create...



...the energy chip!

And that is what we shall do. 

[A Thomas Clarke endeavor]

Chuck Yeager Turns 91 Today

Famed test pilot General Charles "Chuck" Yeager turns 91 years old today.



In October 1947, the then Captain Yeager, flying the Bell X-1 experimental aircraft, broke the "sound barrier", flying faster than Mach 1 (the speed of sound). The flight made history.



The exploits of Yeager, and other test pilots of the early Space Age, were immortalized in a book, The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe:



The book was later turned into a major Hollywood film:



with actor Sam Shepard portraying Yeager:



Again, happy birthday, General Yeager; you sir, have "the right stuff"!

[A Thomas Clarke endeavor]

When I Think "Flying Car", This Is What Comes To Mind

"We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters." -- Peter Thiel, PayPal Co-founder 

Flying car.

People have been thinking about how cool it would be to have a flying car, for a long time now.
Me too. But...

 ...just WHAT would a real, honest-to-goodness flying car look like? Nobody knows, because 
they aren't any being made. So there's no basis for comparison.

Here's my impression of what a flying car would look like:
 

 

 



The above is  version of the concept car made for the unreleased movie, "Fast Lane", now
made in Florida, by Kit Car Mike.

As you can see, it is NOT an automobile with wings, as some of the so-called flying cars are.
By using quantum engineering, we can directly control the force of gravity, to create propulsion,
and thus have a clean, "sexy" shape for our flying car.

So, what would riding in a flying car be like? The folks at Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) 
have made this really cool-looking artwork of their proposed X-4 prototype:



A clean, unobstructed view as you zoom over the countryside. I love it! This is what you would see,
flying along in one of our vehicles.

When can I get one? Hey, I'm working on it. Thoughts, ideas? Let me know, OK?

[A Thomas Clarke endeavor]

The “real” flying cars

January 28, 2014 

 

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” — Peter Thiel

This is the 21st Century. Where is my flying car?

No, seriously: where are the flying cars?

By “flying cars”, I don’t mean the ungainly cross-breeding of a flimsy automobile, and a clunky, low-performance aircraft, such as the Terrafugia, for example:



Or even the Moller Skycar:



No, I’m talking about the real deal: a personal mobility machine that can fly through the air, swiftly and safely, easy to pilot, inexpensive to own, and a total blast of an experience.

Think “George Jetson”:



or even “Back To The Future”:



“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need…roads!”

Exactly!

So, if blending an automobile and an airplane won’t do the job, what then?

To paraphrase Mark Zuckerberg, in “The Social Media”. if bringing cars and airplanes together could have given us flying cars, we would have flying cars.

 To get a George Jetson-like flying car, we will need a new way of thinking about this; the old mindset just won’t get us ther.

That new way of thinking is called:

Quantum Engineering

With quantum engineering, we will have flying cars. But this is a very big task, and I weill need all the help I vcan get.

If you want your own flying car, or if you are technically inclined, and would like to help make the flying car a reality, or even if you just think that a real, honest-to-goodness, George Jetson-like flying car is a really cool idea, then let’s make this happen.

Flying cars, oh yeah!

A Thomas Clarke endeavor