Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #13218
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 22:16:57 -0600
Subject: Re: Solar Sumo
At 07:04 PM 4/8/2000 , James Taylor wrote:
>BEAM sumo? New event maybe? Would be more interesting to see a photovore
>push a competitor out of a light pool, then to simply beat it there :)
Umm... well, that's sorta what the new Photovore event is. The first 'bot
to the spot wins 1 point, but the 'bot CLOSEST to the spot at the end of
the round gets 2! Best of 3 rounds wins....
Regards,
Dave
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"Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
http://www.solarbotics.com
13219 Sat, 8 Apr 2000 22:51:59 -0600 Water Fuel Cells & Aquavores - Was: WCRG? (plus info on WCRG events) "Korus" Hey everyone...
Last year, I was watching a discovery channel show about some new concept
cars. One car by GM used "fuel cells". Basically, they got electricity by
mixing hydrogen and oxygen... Here's a web site which discusses it..
http://exn.ca/cars/index.cfm?ID=20000112-55&StoryType=innovation
And here's a quick quote from that site, which describes how they work:
"Air coming through vents ... is mixed with hydrogen stored on board. This
mixture is then passed through a thin filter that grabs electrons and stores
them in a battery. This harnessed energy is what powers ... the car. "
Maybe one day, something of this sort could power aquavores... :)
~Roger~
TenFour
http://korus.iwarp.com
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