Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00570
To: "'Justin'" jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:51:27 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] SOLAR FLYTRAP
So, you've heard of the Venusian Flytrap? How about a biomorphic version:
The Solar Flytrap (c) wilf rigter 1999
Take your standard BiCore powered SunFlower (solar panel orienting) - and
tucked away in the center of the flower:
DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE
---> 20kVdc <---
DO NOT SMELL THE FLOWER
enough to vaporize the hapless prey. I'm working on a BiCore HV switching
power supply which should be quite efficient. A specific (hold yer nose or
better yet, pheromone) aromatic bait below the electrodes attracts insects
of your choice. With a "window-sill cleaner" bot to sweep up and metabolize
the debri, the sunflower won't be buried by a mountain of fly carcasses and
you'll have your own little symbiotic BEAM ecosystem. Now what "com'n get
it" color should I use?
Any investors out there?
Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
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