Self Contained Power Source?

McOSEN writes "Your Server Cabinet could have a 100% self sustained power source. It's called Parallel Path Technology and it's being coined as a revolution in the magnetic motor industry. From Segways to Vacuum cleaners to Server Cabinets. The article talks about the technology but doesn't exactly lay out specifics."

Comments

Developed for the phantom

[gentimjs]

I hear this was developed specifically for the new Phantom gameconsole and online service. I cant wait to get duke nukem whenever going on that baby!

Wow..

[fred911]

I thought they were called squirrel cages. And they're not perpetual, someones gotta feed the squirrels!

Obligatory Simpson's quote

[Anonymous Coward]

"Lisa, in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

Re:first

[pryoplasm]

Imagine a beowulf cluster made out of vaporware

What could it be?

[OriginalArlen]

Wow, intriguing! I haven't bothered to read the article because even the write-up says it's light on details. Unhampered by preconceptions, the possibilities are endless!

• infrared solar cells lining cabinets absorb all heat passively - saving money on fans and the power to drive them - one rack per row contains a small steam (or hot water) powered generator.
• Arrays of pigeons
• batteries! They're self contained, after all
• 256-port power-over-ethernet switch bonds multiple ports into one 240v supply
• convection-powered 'wind' turbines. Ajax-heavy Web2.0 content will obviously be more eco-friendly due to the warm gusts of hype
• Helldesk phone receivers connected to flywheel. List the phone, add some revs to the flywheel
• ...my imagination fails. Well, it is nearly 2am... note to self: must stop posting to slashdot in bed.

Re:"LISA!!"

[DesireCampbell]

"... in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

Warning, warning!

[mentaldrano]

Bullshit detector overload!

This is Slashdot, for crying out loud. We're nerds, we don't fall for this idiotic screed even a high school freshman could debunk.

Ooooh, big words are scary! Stator, rotor, magnetic flux. Dammit, both the editor and article submitter should hand in their geek cards.

This guy does have a real patent, though. I don't know which is worse, the ignoramus patent examiner who allowed this one through or the baboon who posted it to Slashdot. Check the USPTO link here.

Re:Anyone want to buy a bridge

[John Hasler]

> Electric motors are already 80-90% efficient, while this might make
> it closer to 100% it won't go over, unless someone discovered some
> new laws of physics.

The only natural law involved here is "There's a sucker born every minute".

Re:Yet Another Bogus Science Story

[strider44]

sheesh - you're taking this way too seriously. Don't you know that it says "It's funny, laugh!" if you put your mouse over the foot up here . . . wait a sec...

Well I thought it was very funny anyway. Especially the bit that says "The article talks about the technology but doesn't exactly lay out specifics".

Re:Yet Another Bogus Science Story

[pete-classic]

It's a motor, not a generator. It sounds like it could be a neat motor, but it's still not a generator.

That's the beauty of it! You connect the axes of two of these things together. Power one, and use the power exceeding 100% efficiency to power the other as a generator!

Can anyone tell me why there's no big foot on this story?

-Peter

Re:Mod parent up

[DarkHand]

Interesting ... but just wondering, whatever happened to the idea of backup power being stored in giant underground flywheels; the energy would be stored by bringing these up to speed, and released by slowing them down.

This idea is already in use: Even as we speak, dead physicists the world over are spinning in their graves from the posting of this Slashdot article. We simply need to harness this energy to solve the worlds energy problems!