02300 [alt-beam] Re: wind and other sources of power

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Message #02300

To: Mark Holden twohead@earthlink.net, beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Sean Rigter rigter@cafe.net
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 19:50:54 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: wind and other sources of power

Did my microwave oven RJP fall on deaf ears? The bot would just wander
around the oven mopping up spills and keeping the oven clean. You could
use a "steam punk" core as a special adaptation to absorb micro wave
energy.

enjoy

wilf

Mark Holden wrote:

> As I understand it it's just that the power you can recive drops off
> extremly fast unless you are using a directional transmitter "microwave dish
> etc" made to transmit in a specific direction.
>
> So you could say it's just like running your BeamBot from a 25 watt light
> bulb. unless it's a spotlight you gotta be real close.

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