Comment on China tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbine

NinePeedles@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That being said, there are American companies that have been working on flying wind turbines for quite a while.

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    We have working models. The difference is the Chinese can say “make it happen”, and they do it. In the US they say, “Gimme lots of investment capital and how can I profit massively off of this?” so it goes nowhere quick.

    Maybe we should call them “AI power dirigibles” and people will put some money into it.

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    • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Ugh. Well, Makani was the company I was thinking of. They started in 2006, Google bought them in 2013 and shut it down in 2020. Fucking Google…

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    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      ZepplAIns

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