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Message #02314



To: Mark Holden twohead@earthlink.net; beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Sean Rigter rigter@cafe.net
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 11:21 PM
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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