Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02424
To: "Richard Piotter" richfile@rconnect.com, "beam" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Zulu35" zulu35@singnet.com.sg
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 23:29:02 +0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Shape Memory Alloy (Trivia???)
but doesn't SMAs take up a lot of current... hmm... if theres any version
that doesn't do so... heh heh mind recommending it to me? i guess i'll
really need them... :)
rdgs
zulu
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> From: Richard Piotter
> To: beam
> Subject: Shape Memory Alloy (Trivia???)
> Date: Saturday, April 17, 1999 11:45 AM
>
> I know this probably isn't pertenent to BEAM, but I just thought it was
cool!
>
> Since I got my new G3, I disassembled my Apple PowerBook 1400cs to sell
> for parts and or salvage. Amazingly, I've managed to even sell the
> motherboard! Anyway, i looked at the PCMCIA eject mechanisms, and i just
> realized, they are driven by a pair of Shape memory alloy wires: MUSCLE
WIRE!!!
>
> COOL!!!
>
> I thought it was cool enough that they used some on the Mars Pathfinder!
> Geeze! The powerbook uses at least twice as much! Shape memory alloy is
> a good technology, and it shows! I can't wat to see teh developments
> over the next decades! Maybe we can someday use it for tiny solar
> walkers! Think of how efficient it may become in the future... Imagine
> what we'll figure out in the future! I personaly don't care about the
> "legalese" of BEAM, cause i build my bots with whatever technology
> works, and I do it for MY pleasure (that and to show them off! Hehe! :)
> --
>
>
> Richard Piotter
> richfile@rconnect.com
>
> The Richfiles Robotics & TI web page:
> http://richfiles.calc.org
>
> For the BEAM Robotics list:
> BEAM Robotics Tek FAQ
> http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bushbo/beam/FAQ.html
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