Kirk Smith, PhD
@kirk.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
🧪 Research scientist and engineer fed up with the status quo (electrochemical engineering: batteries and electrocatalysis).
⚙️ Into appropriate technology, open-source […]
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⚙️ Into appropriate technology, open-source […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@kirk, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Lol is this allowed/legit? Email comes from Google domain...
The link only allows to change region, so I can't oppose this whatsoever - only request to change it back to France after they force me to the US Google and sucked up more of my data. FWIW I live in France.
#gdpr #privacy @noybeu
The link only allows to change region, so I can't oppose this whatsoever - only request to change it back to France after they force me to the US Google and sucked up more of my data. FWIW I live in France.
#gdpr #privacy @noybeu
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
@icanhazpdf #icanhazpdf another PDF request for some zinc-iodine research? https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/6y/d5ta03112e/unauth
Reversible two-electron redox conversion enabled by an activated electrode and stabilized inter-halogen electrolyte for high performance zinc–iodine flow batteries
Iodine-based flow batteries have been considered as a promising energy storage device for large-scale energy storage. However, a two-electron transfer reaction (I−/I2) coupled with the shuttle behavior of iodine species results in insufficient capacity, a low redox potential (0.536 V vs. SHE), and poor cycle
pubs.rsc.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
@icanhazpdf #icanhazpdf another PDF request for some zinc-iodine research? https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/6y/d5ta03112e/unauth
@icanhazpdf #icanhazpdf could someone with journal access please send me this PDF? It's for the work we're doing at https://fbrc.dev on all-iron flow batteries! #chemistry #electrochemistry
Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.202504128
Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.202504128
– Flow Battery Research Collective
Open-Source Flow Battery Community
fbrc.dev
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@icanhazpdf #icanhazpdf could someone with journal access please send me this PDF? It's for the work we're doing at https://fbrc.dev on all-iron flow batteries! #chemistry #electrochemistry
Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.202504128
Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.202504128
[Subtooting my landlords]
Really disappointed that this collective living "habitat participatif" project we joined recently is basically just a few eco-granola-woo landlords that are looking for renters to finance their personal projects. Heads up for people in France looking for ways to live […]
Really disappointed that this collective living "habitat participatif" project we joined recently is basically just a few eco-granola-woo landlords that are looking for renters to finance their personal projects. Heads up for people in France looking for ways to live […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
[Subtooting my landlords]
Really disappointed that this collective living "habitat participatif" project we joined recently is basically just a few eco-granola-woo landlords that are looking for renters to finance their personal projects. Heads up for people in France looking for ways to live […]
Really disappointed that this collective living "habitat participatif" project we joined recently is basically just a few eco-granola-woo landlords that are looking for renters to finance their personal projects. Heads up for people in France looking for ways to live […]
Reposted by Kirk Smith, PhD
[Not really a Stranger Things S5 spoiler]
I live with a bunch of kids now and we are always looking for ways to keep them entertained and maybe learn things. Thinking of contacting the local amateur radio club to see if they'd be willing to put on a transmitter […]
[Original post on social.coop]
I live with a bunch of kids now and we are always looking for ways to keep them entertained and maybe learn things. Thinking of contacting the local amateur radio club to see if they'd be willing to put on a transmitter […]
[Original post on social.coop]
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
[Not really a Stranger Things S5 spoiler]
I live with a bunch of kids now and we are always looking for ways to keep them entertained and maybe learn things. Thinking of contacting the local amateur radio club to see if they'd be willing to put on a transmitter […]
[Original post on social.coop]
I live with a bunch of kids now and we are always looking for ways to keep them entertained and maybe learn things. Thinking of contacting the local amateur radio club to see if they'd be willing to put on a transmitter […]
[Original post on social.coop]
From a ride last week around the Forêt de Saoû #drôme #bikepacking
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
From a ride last week around the Forêt de Saoû #drôme #bikepacking
Happy to say I've been invited as a speaker for the Nordic Flow Battery Network Winter School at Aalto University in Finland! I'll be presenting on Thursday alongside two (two!) other open-source flow battery projects. Program here […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Happy to say I've been invited as a speaker for the Nordic Flow Battery Network Winter School at Aalto University in Finland! I'll be presenting on Thursday alongside two (two!) other open-source flow battery projects. Program here […]
Does anyone know if it's possible to use a programmer like this Pickit 3 on Linux? I tried the Microchip linux IDE but it won't start :/
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Does anyone know if it's possible to use a programmer like this Pickit 3 on Linux? I tried the Microchip linux IDE but it won't start :/
Hell yeah, NYC. Fingers crossed for Mamdani. I really believe the most effective resistance can come from the municipal level
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hell yeah, NYC. Fingers crossed for Mamdani. I really believe the most effective resistance can come from the municipal level
My targeted ads are clearly locked in
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My targeted ads are clearly locked in
get in losers, we're [running really old laboratory software] in the modern era
October 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
get in losers, we're [running really old laboratory software] in the modern era
fyi i have seized the means of production but turns out you still have to run them and *inhales deeply*
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
fyi i have seized the means of production but turns out you still have to run them and *inhales deeply*
Rhône/Dolce Via (Drôme/Ardèche)
October 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rhône/Dolce Via (Drôme/Ardèche)
I want to meet some more bicycle folks in my area, and am in a position to host with #warmshowers or similar. I kind of want to only host touring cyclists for now just to see how it goes. Does anyone have experience doing this or recommend any similar platforms? Cheers 🚲 😊 🚲
October 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I want to meet some more bicycle folks in my area, and am in a position to host with #warmshowers or similar. I kind of want to only host touring cyclists for now just to see how it goes. Does anyone have experience doing this or recommend any similar platforms? Cheers 🚲 😊 🚲
Need help with CI/CD on Codeberg
I want to make it easier to make small, quick updates to our documentation for FBRC and (I think?) CI/CD-type stuff is the way to go? We are on codeberg at https://codeberg.org/FBRC/.
I'm confused though about Woodpecker CI vs. Codeberg/forgejo Actions. All I […]
I want to make it easier to make small, quick updates to our documentation for FBRC and (I think?) CI/CD-type stuff is the way to go? We are on codeberg at https://codeberg.org/FBRC/.
I'm confused though about Woodpecker CI vs. Codeberg/forgejo Actions. All I […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Need help with CI/CD on Codeberg
I want to make it easier to make small, quick updates to our documentation for FBRC and (I think?) CI/CD-type stuff is the way to go? We are on codeberg at https://codeberg.org/FBRC/.
I'm confused though about Woodpecker CI vs. Codeberg/forgejo Actions. All I […]
I want to make it easier to make small, quick updates to our documentation for FBRC and (I think?) CI/CD-type stuff is the way to go? We are on codeberg at https://codeberg.org/FBRC/.
I'm confused though about Woodpecker CI vs. Codeberg/forgejo Actions. All I […]
I have an assistant in the kitchen tonight (my neighbor's kitten)
October 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I have an assistant in the kitchen tonight (my neighbor's kitten)
Wrote an update on our project to build an open-source battery 🥳
https://fbrc.dev/posts/october-2025-progress-update/
https://fbrc.dev/posts/october-2025-progress-update/
Updates on development kit, large-format cell, roadmap – Flow Battery Research Collective
Development kit stable with Zn-I chemistry and certified by OSHWA, presentations and articles on FBRC, large-format cell R&D;, all-iron electrolyte exploration
fbrc.dev
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Wrote an update on our project to build an open-source battery 🥳
https://fbrc.dev/posts/october-2025-progress-update/
https://fbrc.dev/posts/october-2025-progress-update/
Getting bigger now... https://spectra.video/w/69m6bYX3ym3rQQuz7hQk5t
Running water through the flow loop of the large-format cell
Testing as part of the effort to design a large-format flow battery cell, context at https://fbrc.nodebb.com/topic/11/designing-the-large-format-cell
spectra.video
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Getting bigger now... https://spectra.video/w/69m6bYX3ym3rQQuz7hQk5t
In light of [events] I wish all [evil governments/politicians/corporations/people] a very [Luffy punching a Celestial Dragon in the face]
October 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In light of [events] I wish all [evil governments/politicians/corporations/people] a very [Luffy punching a Celestial Dragon in the face]
I don't care what anyone else says, this is true semantic versioning
September 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I don't care what anyone else says, this is true semantic versioning
Quick update for ya to say I'm back, having moved again, and still doing battery stuff: https://dualpower.supply/posts/bye-oakland/
Bye Oakland, hello France, some battery updates – Dual Power Supply
Kirk Smith’s personal blog
dualpower.supply
September 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Quick update for ya to say I'm back, having moved again, and still doing battery stuff: https://dualpower.supply/posts/bye-oakland/
I much preferred "Kirk, like Captain Kirk!?" to "Ah, Kirk, like Charlie Kirk..." 😬
September 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I much preferred "Kirk, like Captain Kirk!?" to "Ah, Kirk, like Charlie Kirk..." 😬
Really exciting work done by my colleague Daniel on a "water-in-salt", all-iron flow battery electrolyte. He's trying to repeat and build on some work from the University of Utah. If this works, it will be an even better approach than zinc-iodide electrolytes for low-cost, open-source flow […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
September 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Really exciting work done by my colleague Daniel on a "water-in-salt", all-iron flow battery electrolyte. He's trying to repeat and build on some work from the University of Utah. If this works, it will be an even better approach than zinc-iodide electrolytes for low-cost, open-source flow […]