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UT Arlington (Texas) researchers earlier this year designed a micro-windmill that may become an innovative solution to cell phone charging or other applications where large windmills are not preferred.
Smitha Rao and J.-C. Chiao designed and built the device that is about 1.8 mm at its widest point. A single grain of rice could hold about 10 of these tiny windmills. Hundreds of the windmills could be embedded in a sleeve for a cell phone. Wind, created by waving the cell phone in air or holding it up to an open window on a windy day, would generate the electricity that could be collected by the cell phone's battery.
The micro windmills were tested successfully in September 2013 in Chiao's lab. The windmills operate under strong artificial winds without any fracture in the material because of the durable nickel alloy and smart aerodynamic design.
"The problem most designers have is that materials are too brittle," Rao said. "With the nickel alloy, we don't have that same issue. They're very, very durable."
(Score: 1) by gmby on Sunday April 13 2014, @12:58AM
I want to moderate stories "after there posted." Some just don't belong. This trash science is just what we don't need here. Hey I got a story!!! Lets fly kites with keys on them to charge our phones/cars/tvs/vibrators! Lets bury lemons and metal in the sand and make batteries!!! Fuck lets just put an offset crank on my wifes ass connected to a generator during sex! That will solve all our energy problems!!
Enough!
Fix the editors,submitters or let use moderate!
And no the "prefs" to turn off sections is not an option. I also don't want to have to make a white list of submitters ether.
Sorry for the rant.
Tired of the "look what i can do;" But they can't! Oh yeah in about 5 years they will have it right. Or NOT!
Uhg! Bye for now....
Bye