Trends and Visions: a blog about technology

  • Stable diffusion – Pictures at your finger tip on your local computer

    Following the instructions revealed here: https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui for Ubuntu (Debian based system). It is just the following two commands and then you are ready to create artifical pictures: sudo apt install wget git python3 python3-venv bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/master/webui.sh) And then you can open your browser under the following address (as described in the console output)…

  • HUC Enzym

    Researchers from the Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, have successfully identified an enzym within a bacterium (Mycobacterium smegmatis) that is able to extract hydrogen from air (atmospheric hydrogen) and create current with it. Potential applications could be in small devices in the future, such as wrist watches, which are…

  • Sodium Ion Batteries for mass production

    CATL recently released its road map for Sodium Ion batteries. The first generation is planned with 160 Wh/kg, the second generation with up to 200 Wh/kg, with a price of around 50€ / Wh. Future mass production aims for 40€ / Wh. With prices as low as 40€/Wh it would correlate to affordable battery electric…