It's nice to see young folks thinking outside the box. They are the future! That "fluttering belt" concept is ingenious! I love it. I've been toying with various ideas for power harvesting over the years, and never thought of that one. Maybe the concept could be applied in flowing water as well...
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Ben Okopnik <ben@...> wrote:
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> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:25:09AM -0500, Nanci wrote:
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> > Thanks, Jim. That's what I thought too. These kids should be congratulated.
>
> There's quite a bit of neat stuff like that being invented now; I love
> seeing it. Here's a low-power but dirt-cheap alternative for the current
> generation of wind turbines (Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Award
> winner):
>
> http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/solar-wind/4224763
>
>
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> Ben Okopnik
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