Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01481
To: davidperry@mail.geocities.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:48:58 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Seiko Thermic Watch
Cute idea, but I'm afriad not. No, a solarcell with red cellophane isn't
going to cut it.
dennison
well in bare theory, heat is in the spectrum of infra-red. so bare
with my utter lack of knowledge here,
*photodiodes with *really* dark red filters to absorb heat spectrum
*a solar cell with red cellophane?
seems stupid to me too, but maybe someone could take this further.
David Perry
> From: "Ed Jones Jr."
> To: "Steven Bolt" ,
> Subject: Re: Seiko Thermic Watch
> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 01:54:42 -0500
> Reply-to: "Ed Jones Jr."
> Dear Steven,
>
> Popular Science ,April 99 , Pg.# 17, shows a watch that runs off a persons
> body heat . Extra power is diverted to a storage cell that keeps the watch
> ticking for up to 10 months even while it's off your wrist . ( price= a
> whopping $ 2,600 !! ) Is there anyway we could not only use a solar cell
to
> collect energy but to somehow use the sun's heat to power our beam bots as
> well ? Any thoughts ??
>
> Ed Jones
> sargon@gte.net
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I'm sure David sinceraly apologises if he
insulted anyone, it won't happen again.
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