Thermally Powered Mechanical Wristwatch

Posted by michael on Wednesday December 25, 2002 @07:03AM from the crack-open-the-piggy-bank dept.

Raghu Mani writes "Theremally powered quartz wristwatches - which use minor temperature variations to generate electricity - have been around for a few years. Now here is something a lot more radical - a thermally powered mechanical watch. Invented by an American - Steven Phillips - it uses small temperature variations to wind the mainspring of the watch. A patent has been awarded for this - check out this link. A small article on the technology can be found here and the guy's own website is budapestwatchco.com. I doubt if any of us will be buying one of those watches anytime soon, though - just check out those prices ;-)."

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I Have No Job -- And Blame Stallman For It by SteweyGriffin · 2002-12-25 07:37 · Score: 0, Troll

If it weren't for all the free software GPL crap, Linux could have been profitable and we'd all still have jobs now.

Linux could have been what MacOS X is today, but since it chose the path of socialism it has been relegated to the dustbin of history. To a large degree I think the FSF, and particularly Richard Stallman, are responsible for the current economic meltdown in information technology.

Don't believe me? Read the GNU manifesto. That asshole clearly has an agenda, and it's not just about computer software.