Wind-powered Wi-Fi Sensors · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday November 12, 2005 @02:24PM from the self-sufficient-drones dept.

Glenn Fleishman writes "According to an article at Indolink a 10-centimeter diameter windmill can produce the 7.5 milliwatts needed for a wireless sensor. The paper was published earlier (available as a PDF), but Nature magazine has apparently picked up the tidbit. The process flexes piezoelectric crystals to create a current. Although flywheels aren't mentioned in this article, it seems like a windmill, a flywheel, and a solar cell could in combination produce effective power in a range of conditions for remote wireless devices, including network relays obviating batteries entirely."

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ummm by shrewd · 2005-11-12 15:03 · Score: 0, Redundant

"obviating batteries entirely"?

i don't think this solar/wind setup can work during those still nights.... so there will still be a need for batteries, don't worry demand for batteries isn't going anywhere....