Oriens » Japan http://theoriens.com Oriens Magazine Trend Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:47:54 +0000 en hourly 1 Japan to Spend $21,000,000,000 on a Power Plant in Space http://theoriens.com/japan-to-spend-21000000000-on-a-power-plant-in-space/ http://theoriens.com/japan-to-spend-21000000000-on-a-power-plant-in-space/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:20:25 +0000 admin1 http://theoriens.com/?p=194 Japan is getting prepped to drop $21 billion on a solar power station in space, one that will beam enough energy back to Earth to power 294,000 homes. With no cables.

The whole deal is being put together by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and industrial design company IGI Corp. The plan involves a gigantic solar panel floating around in space, soaking up a gigawatt of energy and beaming it to Earth without the use of cables. And they hope to have it ready to rock within four years.

Pretty amazing stuff. Here’s hoping it works well and doesn’t end up giving the entire country of Japan cancer. Thanks for testing that whole thing out for us, guys! [Bloomberg via Inhabitat]

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-competed in the Master’s category in Solo Competition at Quebec City, Quebec; South Padre Island, Texas; Virginia Beach, VA.; Fort Myer’s, Florida or Imperial Beach, California

OR… Competed as the Lead Sculptor of a Master’s Team entered at Imperial Beach, California.; Moscow, Russia;  Scheveningen, Holland or Kaseda City, Japan.

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Here’s a cool gallery of animal sand sculptures

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