Technology

59340 readers

5881 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

348

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

38 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant::undefined

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

the batteries react far more quickly, with a 250-millisecond response time.

Probably also a world record for the most powerful power switch.

Just imagine you press that button, and 185 Megawatts start to flow :-)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

They didn't say react all at once. I bet you it's a much slower ramp up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"I cast lightning bolt"

Flicks switch

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Batman hooking into the Gotham power-grid to shock Superman, from Miller's Dark Knight Returns

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I tap two islands...