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Message #01025
To: "Robert McIntosh" robmc@acay.com.au, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Evan Kwong" evanhk@interchange.ubc.ca
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 07:33:08 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Solar cell recommendations?
Hey all,
While we're on this topic, if anyone has the Edmund Scientific Catalogue
(1998), page 2 shows Solar Powered Watches.
This is all the detail it gives:
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SOLAR(R) POWERED WATCHES
- Powered by the Sun
- Never replace a battery again
- Water & shock resistant
Powered by any light source, the solar watch from Swissolar(R) will run for
60 days on a single 30 minute charge. You may never have to replace the
special lithium storage cell that powers either the all metal version or the
rugged brown nylon-banded version of the Swissolar(R) watch. Water
resistant to 3 ATM, these unique watches also have a flexible titanium
case - making them 3 times more shock resistant than any conventional watch.
Includes gift box suitable for any gift occasion.
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Why I typed those last few lines I don't know, considering they are
irrevelant.
30 minute charge for 60 days? hmm... I am trying to discern from the
picture what the solar cells are - they do have 8 little blue squares on the
circumference. Anyone who knows more about these?
Later,
Evan
>This must be from the article in the NewScientist, Jan. 23rd, 1999
>issue. WWW.newscientist.com
>Great article, though they say Swatch is the one coming out with the
>watch with the transparent face.
>And they say you can have much thicker layers that are not transparent,
>that provide greater power.
>The dye and pigments used, are from ordinary white paint, the stuff
>that makes white paint white.
>They have only just made this new breakthrough public about 8 or 9
>months ago, so it will be awhile before they actually make it to market
>as regular solar cells we can use. Or at least that is what I would
>assume.
>
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