Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02425
To: Zulu35 zulu35@singnet.com.sg, Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com,
From: Dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:47:28 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Shape Memory Alloy (Trivia???)
Hah! Low current SMA? There's a fantasy.
Dennison
>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
>
>----------
>> 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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