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    What happened to nano emissive displays?

    About a year ago, the nano emissive display got quite a bit of press. In case you didn't hear, Motorola found a way to grow aligned nano-tubes on a substrate at relatively low temperatures. These tubes can be used as millions of tiny electron guns, firing at phosphers like a tube TV. The long...
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    Smokey's Adiabatic Engine

    I think Smokey's whole point was to reuse heat for power rather throwing it away in the exhaust and cooling system. However, it seems to me that if you actually wanted to make USE of this waste heat, it would have to be put back into the engine during the power/combustion storke-not the intake...

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