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athelind ([personal profile] athelind) wrote2004-12-02 08:58 am

That Ommmmminous Hummmmmmm....

MicroTurbine Produces 1.1 Watts on a Silicon Chip

Now, this is cool.

Of course, in addition to cell phones, PDAs, laptops, and such, increasing the energy density of a portable power supply by a factor of 10 might make man-portable energy weapons much more plausible...

[identity profile] tombfyre.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
Very cool indeed. ^^ Its about time the miniaturization process hit power generation.

[identity profile] araquan.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmm. You know how much I love turbine engines... Mmmmm...

[identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
I wish this had come out before I wrote Albedo...

[identity profile] hydra-velsen.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. I'll take an eletrolux raygun for christmas!