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*Haven't seen this posted yet. Might come in handy somewhere else, someday (hopefully soon).
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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
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Saw this earlier on some other sites with photo image concepts of internal workings but of course those did not cover the electrical content that this article includes.
Unfortunately this has military applications to save on the use of carrying extra batteries into the field of battle.
I will try to find the other links on monday from my other computer at work.
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*Haven't seen this posted yet. Might come in handy somewhere else, someday (hopefully soon).
--Cindy
An 85 pound backback that shakes up and down on your hike? I don't want to carry one.
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Nano World: Power for soldiers, sat phones
Fuel cells generate electricity by reacting fuel with oxygen. NanoDynamics in Buffalo, N.Y., is developing fuel cells that employ nanotechnology to help supply power for longer times at less weight and size than batteries or conventional fuel cells. One 50-watt solid oxide fuel-cell prototype, roughly the size of a loaf of bread, is composed of roughly 20 percent nanomaterials and can generate some 3,000 watt-hours of electricity from just 5 pounds of propane. A conventional solid oxide fuel cell given that little propane would generate only one-half to one-third as many watt-hours.
The prototype, "originally designed for a combat soldier, could replace about 35 pounds of batteries," said Keith Blakely, chief executive officer at NanoDynamics.
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Great link on the fuel cell technology advances. There is a thread with other fuel cell technology but search usually does not yeild it up. Some of these other units have been to covert methane while another was regular petroleum product. I also recall a link about miniature turbines with simular temperatures for energy conversion.
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I thought nanotechnology referred to manipulation at the molecular or even atomic level rather than herding molecules in great statistical herds. These guys sound like they’re just making smaller, lighter components.
Nanotech is better PR than miniaturization? Maybe BS should be the acronym.
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