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Power, Water and Refrigeration in One Box
Roland Piquepaille writes "Engineers at the University of Florida have developed and built a system that can provide power, water and refrigeration from a single unit. This project, funded by the U.S. Army, will lead to units small enough to fit inside a military jet or a large truck. The prototype system is already more efficient than conventional turbines. And it is also environmentally friendly because it can use traditional fossil fuels as well as biomass-produced fuels or hydrogen and releases only small amounts of pollutants. This kind of system could be used as a mobile unit in case of hurricanes or wars. But it might also be connected to the normal power grid in fixed locations."
This kind of system could be used as a mobile unit in case of hurricanes or wars.
Good thing we have plenty of both to field test the units!
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over. -Benjamin Franklin
This will be perfectly functional in keeping beer cold in your car.
Funnypics
Now all they need is a handle to make it portable. :P
*shakes fist*
Ooh, Ooh, I hate republicans too.
Oh, and sorry about calling you K-dog. I'm getting in touch with my inner Food Court Gangsta.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Just imagine how much farther allong he would be in this project if he had abandoned the exercise in mental masturbation we call the segway. Dean really screwed the pooch on that one, let's hope this turns out better.
Now there's an irony for you. So that when they destroy the planet, at least it's being done in a way that won't cause unnecessary harm.
politicians are like babies' nappies: they should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons
As long as I'm paying the US military to destroy civilization as we know it, I'm glad that some of the investment is producing gear I can use to survive when their job is done.
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make install -not war
When I first looked at the title I thought it was about Watercooled machines (or xboxes)
In other news, Congress repeals the Laws of Thermodynamics ...
What a long, strange trip it's been.
"Here, you carry this."
"It weighs EIGHTY POUNDS!"
"But it has shoulder straps, see?"
If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.
Funny how we never get mentioned though.
What did you expect? You're a slav^H^H^H grad student.
No one cares what your captcha was
Houston TX, USA
Wuss. When I was in the army we had to hump 150 pound rucks in the snow, uphill, both ways and we were lucky to get shoulder straps!
It's about time Congress did something useful.
If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
Ooh, Ooh, I hate republicans too
Ooh, Ooh, I hate all stupid Americans
It's heart warming to see a comment like this modded Insightful.