Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #13215
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Chris" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
Date: 9 Apr 2000 03:21:21 -0000
Subject: Re: WCRG? (plus info on WCRG events)
Hydrogen my friends is extremely dangerous, if mixed
with burned it EXPLODES. Any one remember hindenburg?
On Sat, 8 Apr 2000 20:58:09 -0400 James Taylor wrote:
> A robot that is capable of feeding on it's environmental constants is
>intriguing.
>Solar robots take advantage of the large supply of light provided by the sun
>(or some other electrical means).
>However the sun doesn't shine all day (unless you live extremely north or
>south, and I doubt the amount of light that reaches those extreme regions is
>enough to power a bot). So is it possible to create a robot to feed off of
>it's environment. Water is oxygen and two parts of hydrogen, one of the
>most powerful elements. It is possible to turn water into it's basic
>elements. The process is called hydrolysis. I've seen it done chemically,
>and I think it is possible to do it through electrical means. Now all we
>need is a way to convert hydrogen or oxygen into electricity, or some other
>usable form of power. I'm sure if someone could either burn the hydrogen
>(remember we also made oxygen with our little reaction) or use some sort of
>fusion reaction (now it sounds somewhat like science fiction) a water
>eating robot would be possible. The most feasible method is to make some
>heat. (burn some hydrogen) We would then combine that heat with water and
>make some steam, and through some clever mechanics. Convert that steam into
>electricity. Now we have a true aquavore! Only problem I see is the size
>of this little endeavor. Plus I'm not sure exactly what's involved with
>hydrolysis. I was rather young when I read an experiment for converting
>water into it's basic elements. I vaguely remember two metal rods and some
>water. You probably need to mix some electrolyte in with the process. I'm
>sure it's on the net somewhere.
>So who wants to take a crack at building one of these :)
>
>
>
>> In a message dated 4/7/00 12:51:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Synet@Psynet.net
>> writes:
>>
>> > Maybe one of the first, water based, BEAM bots actually was a
>aqua"vore".
>> Sounds like an excuse to me. I've only seen one (and it was a drawing) of
>a
>> "bot" in the BEAM games booklet and it did not consume water. I've seen
>> photos of 3 others none of which worked adequately. None of them consumed
>> water either. I have seen one that worked, and was sealed in a florescent
>> light fixture, it also, did not feed on water. If names don't mean what
>they
>> translate to, then why use Greek at all? Why bother with correcting the
>> newbie about "phototropism and photophobism"? If you do have a mechanism
>> which operates on water power, I'd really love to see it, and I'm sure so
>> would the Dept. of Energy.
>>
>> > But since then, "aquavore" has basically taken the name for any BEAM
>devise
>> > that is made to work in the water.
>> Even though it literally translates into water eater? This is just
>> stubbornness and an unwillingness to change. Even if the change is to
>correct
>> an error. Maybe it would go over better if someone in the inner circle
>> thought of it. So be it, let the water eaters loose.
>>
>>
>> See ya,
>> Jim
>> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8281/beamart.html
>> ICQ# 55657870
>>
>
>"I dream in first person shooters"
>
>Jim Taylor
>"Edgar the Hate Bug"
>URL:http://fly.to/springmeadows
>ICQ:14888587
>
>
>
13216 9 Apr 2000 03:22:05 -0000 Re:IR object detector beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Chris" Any one have a schematic for an IR object detector???
13217 Sat, 8 Apr 2000 22:06:07 -0600 d1 photovore "Verne & Catherine Rambaud" I think I'll try to build a d1 photovore. I just need a few questions
anserwed. will a capacitor only dump the power once it is fully charged?
will it dump all the power all at once, or slowly? if it still has power
after the night (i know its unlikely) will it shut down and continue to
charge?
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