That Ommmmminous Hummmmmmm....

[athelind]

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...

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[athelind.livejournal.com]

All good questions, especially the emissions. I'm wondering if they'll shift over to alcohol or hydrogen for production versions -- those are the fuels they keep touting for miniature fuel cells for portable electronics apps.