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Message #13176
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From: "Thomas Pilgaard" ascii@hum.auc.dk
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 12:19:02 +0200
Subject: Adaptobotics?
What happened to adaptobotics. Have they moved? Are they still down?
It sure was a great site.
- Thomas
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13177 Sat, 8 Apr 2000 03:04:06 -0700 Re: WCRG? (plus info on WCRG events) "Sathe Dilip"
> All the "power systems" you mention are some form of batteries. You
> either provide electrolyte (like the salt water) or water to activate
> the dry electrolyte. Quoting from a webpage I once saved:
>
> "The first electric cell is believed to have been developed by an
> Italian scientist, Alessandro Volta, in the late 1790's. His cell, known
> as the voltaic pile, consisted of a stack of zinc and silver disks
> separated by cardboard disks moistened in a salt solution. One can get
> similar results with copper pennies, filter paper and aluminum foil."
>
> So technically you are consuming more than just water.
>
> Dilip
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>
> Andrew Hooper wrote:
> >
> > Just as a thought, there is a power system that opperates on water,
actually
> > there are 3, one is used an a watch and is a simple system but provides
> > minimal
> > power to run the watch.
> >
> > Another is used in a tourch, this one uses salt water and will die after
a
> > certian
> > amount of time, it was designed as an emergencey tourch for the military
and
> > im not to sure what happend to it.
> >
> > The same system above is also used in a form of ELT, this was trialed in
a
> > life preserver, im not to sure if this went into production or not, but
it
> > was also
> > a salt water power plant and powered the emergencey location
transponder.
> >
> > So it is possible to make a real Aquavour but it also would be
inpractical
> > and
> > expensive, i think one of the electrodes were made from platinum, not to
> > sure
> > about the other.
> SNIP
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