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Posted by michael on from the it-keeps-going-and-going-and-going dept.

goku writes "Nice article here on the development of micro mechanical turbines." We had an older story about mini-turbines as well.

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  1. DARPA by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Funny
    One of the most enthusiastic supporters of microengines is the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Washington, DC.

    I would think the short question to ask would be - "What doesn't DARPA fund?" They really should be FARPA - Fund Any Research Project Agency.

    I'm not complaining - just observing

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  2. Re:Anyone know about....? by randombozo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I always thought it would be really cool to have trillions of MEMS powered by naturally occurring thermal gradients at the microscopic level.

    I get the feeling Maxwell's Demon might get jealous and throw a spanner into this idea. At the very least, Demon would unionize the engines and the efficiency would go up in smoke.

  3. mini turbines by cicatrix1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I really hope that those people from the middle-east finally adopt this standard. I had to sit behind someone wearing an old-school "normal" turbine during Star Wars, and it was quite annoying, to say the least.

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