Sunday, March 22, 2015

Big Picture Science for Monday 23 March 2015 - Power to the People

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Big Picture Science - Power to the People

ENCORE: Let there be light! Well, it’s easy to do: just flip a switch. But it took more than the invention of the light bulb to make that possible. It required new technology for the distribution of electricity. And that came, not so much from Thomas Edison, but from a Serbian genius named Nikola Tesla.

Hear his story plus ideas on what might be the breakthrough energy innovations of the future. Perhaps hydrogen-fueled cars, nuclear fusion electrical generators or even orbiting solar cells?

Plus, a reminder of cutting-edge technology back in Napoleon’s day: lighthouses.

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This encore podcast was first released on September 30, 2013

Permalink: http://radio.seti.org/episodes/Power_to_the_People

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