Micro-windmills could someday power your phone
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@jeff_fisher wrote: Is it plausible that "waving the phone in the air for a few minutes" with a bunch of micro-windmills could ever be more efficient than turning a crank for a few minutes? And don't...
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@crenquis wrote: I would think that micro-cantilevers that convert vibration into power would be more practical since they could be constantly generating power. Read full topic
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@borisbartlog wrote: Using this to power nanoscale devices might be possible. But there is no way you would get enough power from a cell-phone-sized volume of these to power an actual cell phone. Read...
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@SquidgyB wrote: So we'll not only have scratched screens to worry about, but tens of tiny fragile spinning mechanical windmills to worry about? Yeah, they'll last long. ...and as for the idea of...
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@fr4nk wrote: How would you be able to touch the surface of the device without scraping millions of nano-propellers off and into your skin? Read full topic
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@ActionAbe wrote: Will someone think of the tiny birds? Read full topic
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@HMSGoose wrote: A crank, or a really tiny bicycle... Read full topic
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@borisbartlog wrote: Not only that, but since the power you can generate is proportional to the area of airflow you can intercept, using super tiny windmills on a building just doesn't make a whole...
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@anon34812172 wrote: If you could hook it up to collect the wind coming out of a mouth speaking into a phone, my mother could power lower Manhattan. Read full topic
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@Daemonworks wrote: I rather doubt they'll be all that useful at powering devices that spend most of their time in a pocket or purse. Read full topic
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@Shibi_SF wrote: I'd be really angry when the mini-props/windmills get stuck in my hair. Read full topic
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@Brainspore wrote: Daemonworks: I rather doubt they'll be all that useful at powering devices that spend most of their time in a pocket or purse. Depends which pocket. Just imagine if you could...
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@TimmoWarner wrote: That's how they get you. Read full topic
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@yamaplos wrote: I wonder if UT Arlington still takes thermodynamics seriously? Basically they want to pull the energy equivalent to a good workout by just waving the device a few times? If with...
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@yamaplos wrote: Remember the One Laptop Per Child cranks? it turned out that when someone that understood energy better than most people understand vaporware took a look at it, it would have taken 3...
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@AcerPlatanoides wrote: But there is no way you would get enough power from a cell-phone-sized volume of these to power a modern cell phone. ftfy Read full topic
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@unshaved_weirdo wrote: Well, you beat me to it. "Apple recommends to keep your iMill nano in your back pocket for optimal recharging". Read full topic
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@jriskin wrote: There just isn't enough energy even with 100% efficiency conversion and assuming the entire surface of the cell phone was covered. Unless there are totally new physics invented, there...
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