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JD Holloway
05-11-2007, 12:30 PM
While its clearly ahead of its time, and needs some polishing, can you imaging using this to power your camera in MOS (or not with a blimp?) situations say, in the Himalayas or the Congo, off a can of butane lighter gas or even methane from a swamp trap or a dung storage pit (Nepal)?
30 watt potential?
Pretty cool.

It might also power your laptop and drives for downloads where there is no other choice but inefficient solar panels (bulky).
You could build one or two right into a small Pelican case with a small UPS for stability and offboard fuel storage.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2001/04/10_cmbus.html

Ace
05-11-2007, 02:04 PM
The Berkeley team hopes that some day the mini engine can be used to power .. robots.


Skynet is born?

Dreamcine
05-11-2007, 02:48 PM
Honey, pull over to that gas station, I need to fill up my cell phone.

Jared VanLeuven
05-11-2007, 03:39 PM
Skynet is born?

Crap. Ace, you have Sarah Connor's email address?

Adrian T.
05-11-2007, 03:40 PM
Crap. Ace, you have Sarah Connor's email address?

http://www.sarahconnor.com/ :)

Jared VanLeuven
05-11-2007, 03:42 PM
http://www.sarahconnor.com/ :)

Okay, so I'm sitting here at my desk at work and wondering if I should click on that...

:glare:

Maybe I'll wait 'till I get home.

:bleh: :biggrin:

Adrian T.
05-11-2007, 03:49 PM
Okay, so I'm sitting here at my desk at work and wondering if I should click on that...

It's not porn. Just ensure that the sound volume is turned down before you click. :clown2:

TimothyD
05-11-2007, 05:28 PM
My god, that scarred my mind...

I wish it had been porn, I don' think I've ever seen or HEARD porn that was that disturbing;)

JD Holloway
05-11-2007, 06:38 PM
sad really...

Ace
05-11-2007, 09:30 PM
I too would travel back in time to find Sarah Connor. And stop her from singing.





Edit: Okay maybe I'm too harsh. But whats with the off key backing vocals.