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How to Charge Your Cellphone Using Wasted Heat
Ilya writes "Companies such as BMW are investing in Thermoelectric Generators to make their cars more efficient by replacing the alternator. Thermoelectric Generators convert wasted heat from the engine into electrical power. This green instructable shows how you can use the same technology right now at home to harvest expelled heat from home appliances to charge your cellphone and other gadgets. Also features a lego racer powered by the roaring flames of a tea candle."
BWM makes awesome cars
I like to work out in my rec. room with various exercise equipment. My favorite? The Carnot cycle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot_heat_engine)
I just hop on and convert all the waste heat in the room to useful energy
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I could probably power a small village :-)
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finally someone invents a use for the formerly useless lego mindstorms thermal sensor. Use it to let your mindstorms bot find a recharging stations
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laptop heat? can that be used to charge it self?
How many cheeseburgers per cubic library of congress is that?
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No. See the laws of thermodynamics.
If the geiger counter does not click, the coffee, she is not thick.
That's the 2nd law, not 3rd.
1st law - You can't win.
2nd law - You can't even tie.
3rd law - You can't get out of the game.
That heat is traditionally used for roasting nuts
AT&ROFLMAO
I used to have neighbors who would leave their air conditioners running all day, then, when they came home, they'd let the doors hang open for a while to let some warm in. Less stupid people could help, too.
Why do air conditioners not come with clocks, so they can be set to be on at specific times?
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
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Using "waste" sure is expensive...
Keep the hot side hot and the cool side cool... don't tell me McDonalds had the secret to providing a minuscule increase in energy efficiency and only used it to make a crappy burger!
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I wanna use my huge bank of toasty little wall warts to charge my cell phone. If I can do that the lazy little power-sucking tribbles might finally justify their existence.
You should get in touch with the GP, Bill Winston Ministries may be interested in helping your friend clear some of those old BWM posters out of his warehouse. I'm assuming, of course, that Bill Winston might think it a nifty idea to sell his "Ministries" by proudly featuring fancy cars.
I have my thermostat programmed to get me a beer since she is half-way to the kitchen anyways.
I can set your thermostat via the the Internet, too.
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I have a secret plan to run ipods off of the Cosmic microwave background radiation.
Yeah, just like homophones!
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