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Message #05688
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Quidam [mailto:Quidam@cableinet.co.uk]
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:50:01 +0000
Subject: Re: Candle bots
In message <37AF7CD3.D6C491CB@cafe.net> you wrote:
> If you use the candle for muscle wire (or steam power for that
matter) may
> be but the radiant energy is to low for a solar cell to use. Plus
bringing
> a lit candle to some dark part of the room (under the sofa maybe)
will
> light up the room alright and probably the rest of the house too.
>
> wilf
>
I remember making little boats using steam for power. I used an emptyed
egg shell with a pinhole in one end. This was filled with water and
a candle used to turn the water inside the egg into steam, which shot
out the hole to propell the craft.
This could be a very simple way to propell a robot.
David
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