Coming from the same people who tell you not to worry about Iran's nuclear plans.

Coming from the same people who tell you not to worry about Iran's nuclear plans. HT : SteveGoddard

Tesla Plans Battery for houses or businesses Energy-Storage Market.

Tesla Plans Battery for houses or businesses Energy-Storage Market.( Bloomberg)

Tesla Motors Inc., best known for making the all-electric Model S sedan, is using its lithium-ion battery technology to position itself as a frontrunner in the emerging energy-storage market that supplements and may ultimately threaten the traditional electric grid.

“We are going to unveil the Tesla home battery, the consumer battery that would be for use in people’s houses or businesses fairly soon,” Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said during an earnings conference call with analysts Wednesday.

Combining solar panels with large, efficient batteries could allow some homeowners to avoid buying electricity from utilities. Morgan Stanley said last year that Tesla’s energy-storage product could be “disruptive” in the U.S. and in Europe as customers seek to avoid utility fees by going “off-grid.” Musk said the product unveiling would occur within the next month or two.

“We have the design done, and it should start going into production in about six months or so,” Musk said. “It’s really great.” Hmmm.....I'm certain lot's of people in Canada and the U.S. will jump on it if the price is right and durable storage. Read the full story here.  More here.

Video: A Taste Test Of Bug-Filled Protein Bars.

Video: A Taste Test Of Bug-Filled Protein Bars. (Popsci).

We blindfolded Popular Science staff members and made them eat crickety treats.

Naturally, we decided to administer a blind taste test, pitting cricket bars against regular old protein bars. Well, that’s what we told the tasters, anyway. (Sorry guys!) Unbeknownst to the staff members, both of the samples we provided contained crickets. The dupes volunteers had to rate the flavor of each bar, and guess which was the buggy one.

What did we learn from our rigorous scientific* experiment? Well, some people preferred Exo bars, others Chapul. Because the companies grind their crickets thoroughly before baking, both brands were mistaken for standard protein bars. But no amount of preparation could prevent tasters from mistaking crunchy peanut fragments for crispy cricket bits.Read the full story here.