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August 22, 2006 -- 11:31 AM
posted by eric
August 22, 2006 -- 8:33 AM
posted by Jere
Well everyone I'm off on another adventure. To all that would like a postcard sent to them... at least I'll try to send one... send me your address via e-mail.
See you in 5 weeks!
August 22, 2006 -- 7:48 AM
posted by Al
Well I got my 2 swords Calvin and Albert. I'll be 2 swording it when the end times come. You mothers better get out of my fucking way! I got some major ass to kick!
August 22, 2006 -- 7:36 AM
posted by Par
Look out. It's the end of the world today. What ever will we do.
August 21, 2006 -- 8:26 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
holy shit... NASA and Italy tried an experiment similar to what I had in mind, and they produced 3500 volts before the air trapped in the wire created a plasma which melted the tether (resulting in it snapping and the sattelite being thrown into space) and pretty much ruined the whole mission.
But this just proves that the idea is feasible!!! Maybe if we look into nano-tube research we can construct a strong enough tether...
Anyway, I gotta jet, but check out the article here, Al:
NASA's TETHER GENERATOR
August 21, 2006 -- 8:06 PM
posted by Al
Dr. Kwok was one of my teachers. Taught a boring class that had nothing to do with what he was researching.
August 21, 2006 -- 8:05 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
WHOOOAAAAAAAA, FUCKING ALBERTA!!!
"In October 2003, Dr. Daniel Kwok, Dr. Larry Kostiuk and two graduate students from the University of Alberta revealed a new method of generating electric power by exploiting the natural electrokinetic properties of a liquid such as ordinary tap water, by pumping fluids through tiny microchannels with a pressure difference. This technology could provide a new power source for devices such as mobile phones or calculators which could be charged up by pumping water to high pressure.
Kwok explained how, when water travels over a surface, the ions that it is made up of "rub" against the solid, leaving the surface slightly charged. Although the power generated from a single channel is extremely small, millions of parallel channels can be used to increase the power output."
Check that shit out on wikipedia here!!!
August 21, 2006 -- 8:01 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
It's a deal Al. I was thinking we could mount solar panels on it too, and we could use some of the solar energy to convert the electric energy into some sort of compressed energy wave we could beam down to earth.
