NickDanger3di t1_ixn5gph wrote on November 24, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Reply to TIL that the 1983 Dodge Caravan was the first car with built in cup holders by FiredFox

And now every car has holders, exactly sized so that any size cup you place in them will tip over at the first bump or curve.

NickDanger3di t1_ixfjz7n wrote on November 23, 2022 at 1:38 AM

Reply to comment by gogomom in Domino’s Pizza will soon have 800 electric vehicles for delivery drivers by redingerforcongress

They didn't say Domino's was paying for them. Would not be surprised to learn the delivery drivers have to pay to use the EVs they drive.

NickDanger3di t1_ix3xfop wrote on November 20, 2022 at 3:54 PM

Reply to comment by ucanttrustapenguin in TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark

I grew up next to a salt marsh, had so many raccoons in the neighborhood. When I moved out as an adult, I discovered that most other places barely had any racoons at all. I miss the little guys.

NickDanger3di OP t1_iqvwnei wrote on October 3, 2022 at 2:19 PM

Reply to Solar power world record broken with ‘miracle material’ by NickDanger3di

>The researchers said that achieving greater than 30 per cent efficiency with the four-terminal tandem device marked “a big step in accelerating the energy transition” and would improve energy security by reducing fossil fuel dependency.

>“This type of solar cell features a highly transparent back contact that allows over 93 per cent of the near infrared light to reach the bottom device,” said Dr Mehrdad Najafi from the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).

>“This performance was achieved by optimizing all layers of the semi-transparent perovskite solar cells using advanced optical and electrical simulations as a guide for the experimental work in the lab.”