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Spanish company Vortex Bladeless is developing a new way to generate wind energy without blades or a spinning rotor. Its cylindrical mast oscillates in the wind, and an electromagnetic generator converts this motion into electricity. With low maintenance and no rotating blades, the technology could be useful in urban...

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Eric CIAramella’s Dirty Whistle's profile picture
Eric CIAramella’s Dirty Whistle24 days ago

Who knew? A metal version of the wacky wavy inflatable fun Guys could generate energy. I’ll be damned.

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Nathan the Black24 days ago

I hope they name that company WINDICKS

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Arioch24 days ago

I have my doubts about the durability of a wiggling generator dildo.

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Interesting Radar24 days ago

The wind turbine industry saw inflatable tube men and took notes

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ilex 柊24 days ago

Coolest thing I’ve seen in awhile with applications to low power soft robotics

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Nick24 days ago

yess. cause nothing screams durability, and low maintenance, like something that vibrates intensely in the wind

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The Texsotahonian24 days ago

Every farmer worth his salt will put two bails of hay at the base of those things.

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Evil Cirno24 days ago

Ok vro... And next you're going to tell me that they plan to add two spherical battery packs at the bottom to make the look complete

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David M.24 days ago

I bet it hardly makes any power at all.

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Alexandra24 days ago

Bet an entire field of those would be stunning. 😹

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Pedro / Barbosa24 days ago

I bet it can only power a smartphone

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Ben Finn24 days ago

And we only need 7854 of them to power one home. Amazing.

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Gwydion_Silverhawk24 days ago

So great, instead of endless fields of giant windmills, we'll have giant fields of waving dildos.

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SEAR24 days ago

some of the best ideas start with “what if we just stopped doing it the usual way?”

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Bossy Potato24 days ago

They should have put arms on it. C'mon.

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Jeff Lewis24 days ago

Now if they just make it out of diamonds, we can solve the energy crisis and do advertising for tax and mattress companies!

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Jim Mac24 days ago

Neat idea, but bendy things tend to fatigue at it's bendier points & then they all fall down!!!🤔🤦‍♂️

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He of the many errors24 days ago

Wind turbines are ugly enough, imagine fields of this...psychotic...

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🦎 Vaine24 days ago

Keep trying, you are on the right path to inventing the tree

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Stephen Fay24 days ago

@grok how efficient is it? I guess uses natural resonances - what are those resonances (what frequencies)? Estimate cost of maintenance and energy generation

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Andy Fichte24 days ago

Oh, curious, my girlfriend has the same wind generator in small. Maybe just as a demonstrator or so ...

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KarlMarxNetWorth_24 days ago

why make it so aerodynamic? wouldn't it generate more movement if it had little concave divots or something?

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Arexack24 days ago

This does not suggest low maintenance to me, rather metal fatigue.

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isuriv 🌐👽24 days ago

Things have stalled a bit, to be honest, but we don't know why; a company like @Repsol poured a lot of money into it, yet there has been little progress on the project. @VortexBladeless

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