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More on Micro Turbines

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. ooh... pretty by AntiTuX · · Score: 1, Troll

    man, I wish I could get ahold of hardware like that sometimes... That's just cooler than shit.

  2. Application to notebooks by CmdrTaco+(editor) · · Score: 0, Troll
    William Tang, the agency's programme manager for MEMS research, believes that a power source built into a silicon chip would be extremely useful on the battlefield.

    This would be useful for just about any portable computer system. You'd only need the battery for LCD and drives, and maybe the generator could eventually be efficient enough to power all those parts.