Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02217
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "grant mckee" gmbeam@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 07:58:45 PDT
Subject: [alt-beam] wind and other sources of power
Wind could power most beam bot's. Have tried other's such as using a
speaker(pizoelectric)- turned out not to have enof amperage at usuall
sound levels, It might be able to charge a cap... thermocouples
don't give out nearly enofe power to do anything usefull with, at
least not at the temperatures that these robots would be operating at.
solar panels are still the best bet, but wind might be good for a bot
that operates at night..
I was thinking that there might be some way to harness the power in
radio waves? if you think about it all it is is a really high pitch
sound. pehaps the frequency it too high to be usefull tho.
That's the problem with nature. Someing's always stinging you or
oozing mucous on you.
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill watterson
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