* Posts by _Matty

3 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Jan 2012

Calculating Pi in the sky: Axiom Space plans to launch 'orbital datacenter'

_Matty
Coat

Re: Clouds in space??

Oort cloud services

Oh Mi: Xiaomi shows off 80W wireless charging, claims battery fully fat again in under 20 minutes

_Matty

SI Units

A current multiplied by a time (mAh) is a measurement of electric charge; its SI unit is the Coulomb (C)

To calculate the amount of energy a battery can store, one has to multiply this "marketing" figure by the voltage the battery operates at. The SI unit for energy is the Joule (J) although kJ would probably be better for consumer electronics. The advantage of using the correct units is that it enables easy comparison of the energy stored in your smartphone with the energy available from the snacks you're consuming while scrolling.

Newt Gingrich wants Moon to be 51st US state

_Matty

I am not a lawyer but...

Presumably there's a difference between offering american citizenship to lunar residents and making any sort of territorial claim over the moon.