How we can turn the Cold of Outer Space into a Renewable Resource
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IN SPACE - APRIl 5: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NO SALES) This handout image supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA), shows the Unired Kingdom, northern France and Belgium with the northern lights further to the north, in an image taken by ESA astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station on April 5, 2016. ESA astronaut Tim Peake is performing more than 30 scientific experiments and taking part in numerous others from ESA's international partners during his six-month mission, named Principia, after Isaac Newtons ground-breaking Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which describes the principal laws of motion and gravity. (Photo by Tim Peake / ESA/NASA via Getty Images)
How we can turn the Cold of Outer Space into a Renewable Resource
What if we could use the cold darkness of outer space to cool buildings on earth? In this mind-blowing talk, physicist Aaswath Raman details the technology he’s developing to harness “night-sky cooling” — a natural phenomenon where infrared light escapes earth and heads to space, carrying heat along with it — which could dramatically reduce the energy used by our cooling systems (and the pollution they cause). Learn more about how this approach could lead us towards a future where we intelligently tap into the energy of the universe.
