Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #07753
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Simon svandemo@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:48:16 +0100
Subject: Re: absorbpsion circuit or something
> Senior wrote:
>
> > Oh yeah yeah like a big coil of copper wire, right? Only thing is that
> > you need AC voltage (which os course can be made from DC) but most
> > robots run on DC. Hmm... what about a BEAM bot that sits near the wiring
> > in your walls? Has anybody experimented with getting electricity from
> > the mains without actually plugging it in to a wall outlet?
> >
> > Interesting...
> >
> > Happy cooking,
> > Kyle
> >
> >
> I like your idea of feeding on the net by induction. Has anyone ever
thought of
> other than solar energy sources for beam. Think about it; insects get
their
> energy and food from: the sun, plants and other animals. I don't see any
way we
> can have or bots generate their own power out of some material that is
common in
> our society. But we could have them feed on each other or on bigger
(electric)
> organisms. Like parasites.
> What other energy wastes does or society produce ?
> - All sorts of electromagnetic waves (this includes your induction idea)
> - Artificial temperature differences like fridges, ovens, ...
> - Vibrations: fridges, generators, ...
> - ...
>
> I don't know if any of these energy sources could actually lead to
feasible
> designs. If they did the bots would be tied to their energy source
(reduced
> mobility).
>
> Any thoughts on this ???
>
>
> > --
> > Simon Vandemoortele
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> >
>
>
7754 Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:49:46 -0500 [alt-beam] Chloroplast-o-mania! "Richard Caudle"
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I knew it was simpler than that! Attached is a schematic of the Chloroplas=
t Photopopper that I've made today. I thought that if I took a couple of p=
hotodiodes (Wilf's photobridge) that it would control which motor fires, an=
d it does! It probably sucks too much juice, as I'm sure that someone will=
tell me. It works for me, so I'm keeping on the path I'm on. Stubbornnes=
s Pays!
Richard
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