In the late 1800s, as the United States embarked on a public effort to electrify the country, the “War of Currents” pitted Alternating Current (AC) power […]

Poor Topsy. Thomas Edison killed the circus elephant, electrocuting the animal to demonstrate how dangerous alternating current was. Edison even described electrocution as being “Westinghoused,” after […]

List of Publications Taufik, “The DC House Project: An Alternate Solution for Rural Electrification”, IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, October 2014. EETimes, Solar Rising in Village […]

Neighbourhoods that run entirely on direct current – rather than alternating current – could produce the power grids of the future. Ben Todd of Fuel Cell […]