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Still Suits and Body-powered Devices

Posted by michael on from the stay-out-of-the-rain dept.

Helmholtz writes: "Soon body powered devices may be a reality thanks to work being done at the Center for Space Power and Advanced Electronics, a NASA commercial center in Alabama. The article talks mostly about military and space applications, but I think it'd be really slick to make still suits, not to mention portable audio players, PDA, and even laptops that are powered by energy that we are generating anyway."

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  1. Re:Hmmm. by deglr6328 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, yes.

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  2. When no human is present... by nsample · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The ultimate irony is that "human powered devices" are often at a complete loss when there's no human present to power them. Some uber-entrepeneurs have actually come up with devices that provide power to human-powered devices that don't have their humans attached.


    http://chronocentric.com/watches/winders.shtml


    All the irony involved there makes me think I should just go with a battery in the first place. =)

  3. I can see it now ... by (void*) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look at that hot chick over there ... overloaded and burnt out my Visor. Damn!

  4. I'm so excited! by BillyGoatThree · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I think it'd be really slick to make still suits..."

    That's right! Forget about flying cars, I wish for the day when I can drink tepid water harvested from my own sweat and urine!

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