Links to Fun/Nerdy Websites

Basically this is an alternative to using bookmarks for me, to help me find stuff I need for future posts. You are welcome to check these sites out if you’d like

numbers just indicate the order I added links they are not a value judgment on info, I can’t promise that all sites will always be active, but I will try to delete things or flag them if I find they are no longer active

Topics are below (if you want to find an article in a particular topic, use ctrl+ F and search for the term)

space, cube-sats, data, physics, PDRC (passive daytime radiative cooling), renewable energy, economics, cars

1) This website has tons of cool spacecraft renders and designs for proposed space missions http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns.php

space

2) Article about the EU looking to study how cube sats re-enter the atmosphere https://phys.org/news/2019-12-reentry-cubesat-orbit.html

space, cube-sats

3) Spectrum Article highlighting how much data can be transmitted over various light frequencies https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/the-ultimate-generation

data, physics

4) A paper on adding micro-structures to solar panels to allow the panel to behave as a PDRC https://www.osapublishing.org/optica/fulltext.cfm?uri=optica-1-1-32&id=296235 (this is for a future post about how we might make hybrid rooftop arrays that pull triple duty as a heat source, electricity source, and a cooling source)

PDRC, renewable energy

5) An NREL paper on where hybrid PV-Thermal solar panels make sense (useful for the post proposed above) https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy15osti/63474.pdf

renewable energy, economics

6) https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/13/calculating-the-true-cost-of-a-society-based-on-automobiles/ highlighting all of the hidden costs of using personal vehicles

cars, economics