比爾蓋茨和鋼鐵俠男主角投資高科技電動(dòng)馬達(dá)初創(chuàng)企業(yè)

據(jù)俄羅斯衛(wèi)星通訊社2021年3月5日莫斯科報(bào)道，微軟公司(Microsoft)創(chuàng)始人比爾· 蓋茨、《鋼鐵俠》男主角小羅伯特·唐尼(Robert Downey Jr.)、亞馬遜氣候承諾基金(Amazon Climate Pledge Fund)以及iPhone的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人托尼·法德?tīng)?Tony Fadell)日前都投資了總部位于加州的高科技電動(dòng)馬達(dá)初創(chuàng)公司Turntide科技公司。因此，Turntide科技公司成功籌集了8000萬(wàn)美元的資金。

Turntide科技公司已經(jīng)將一種新型的電動(dòng)馬達(dá)商業(yè)化，這種馬達(dá)可以使馬達(dá)內(nèi)部的磁鐵每秒轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)2萬(wàn)次，這一過(guò)程可以減少30%的電力消耗。

Turntide科技公司首席執(zhí)行官瑞安·莫里斯說(shuō)，這款發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)的設(shè)計(jì)可以追溯到1838年，但要想有效地運(yùn)行它，必須等到廉價(jià)的電腦芯片問(wèn)世。

莫里斯還將該產(chǎn)品描述為“包在金屬里的軟件”，這使該公司能夠控制運(yùn)行電機(jī)所需的知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)，但將制造外包到海外。

好萊塢明星小羅伯特·唐尼在一次采訪中說(shuō)，“他們想出了如何利用19世紀(jì)的技術(shù)，用軟件讓它做它一直有潛力做的事情?！?/span>

Turntide科技公司目前專注于更換大型建筑通風(fēng)系統(tǒng)中的舊電機(jī)——它在2020年已經(jīng)更換了5000個(gè)這樣的電機(jī)，并計(jì)劃在今年總共更換5萬(wàn)個(gè)。

提高電機(jī)的效率可以減少溫室氣體的排放——蓋茨說(shuō)氣候變化是人類面臨的主要威脅之一。

蓋茨最近警告說(shuō)：“每年溫室氣體排放導(dǎo)致的死亡人數(shù)甚至?xí)^(guò)這次新冠肺炎疫情大流行。”

李峻 編譯自 俄羅斯衛(wèi)星通訊社

原文如下：

Bill Gates and Iron Man actor invest in hi-tech electric motor startup

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr., the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, and co-creator of the iPhone Tony Fadell have all invested in California-based startup Turntide Technologies Inc. The company has managed to raise $80 million of funding as a result.

Turntide has commercialised a new type of electric motor, which can turn magnets inside the motor on and off 20,000 times a second – this process reduces electricity consumption by up to 30 percent.

According to Turntide Chief Executive Officer Ryan Morris, the motor's design dates back to 1838 but the fine control needed to run it efficiently had to wait until cheap computer chips were available.

He has also described the product as “software wrapped in metal,” which allows the company to control the intellectual property needed to run the motor, but outsource the manufacturing overseas.

“They figured out how to use a 19th-century technology and use software to make it do what it always had the potential to do,” Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr. said in an interview.

Turntide is currently focused on replacing old electric motors in ventilation systems in large buildings – it has replaced 5,000 of these motors in 2020 and aims to do 50,000 in total this year.

Making electrical motors more efficient reduces greenhouse gas emissions – Gates has said climate change is one of the main threats to humanity.

“Every year that would be a death toll even greater than we had in this pandemic,” Gates recently warned.