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Instructables & MAKE Magazine
For some quick and inexpensive ideas around generating energy, I first take to Instructables and to Make Magazine. These are not research project efforts such as microbio fuel cells, but are cheap, useable solutions, cheap at least in the U.S.A. sense.
Here are a couple that got my attention for this exercise:
- Build a pedal pwered generator
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/03/build_a_pedal_powered_gen.... - Turning sound into electricity
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070603225026.htm
Note a key description - "Devices that convert heat to sound and then to electricity lack moving parts, so such devices will require little maintenance and last a long time." Heat-->Sound-->piezoelectric-->electricity - How about a rodent powered nightlight
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/07/weekend_project_instructi.... - And a small wind generator
http://www.instructables.com/id/Chispito-Wind-Generator/
These two sources help find those innovative solutions with common items, many I suspect readily found in less developed countries - I hope.
As for sustainable energy projects, consider the influence of nano technology in
http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/interview_the-future-lies-in-nano-e...
Another useful nano energy website is http://www.nano.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
and one stimulating article on using eels to show how to generate electricty to power implants. . .
http://www.nano.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3774&sid=4dd4e1e0eacd76c35d76d9a2968c5f3d
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Comment by Shane M. Wheeler on April 1, 2010 at 7:48am
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Interesting stuff. Hope I can find a more open source for the pedal generator design though.
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