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Carnivorous Clock Eats Bugs
Designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have created a clock that is powered by "eating" bugs. The clock traps insects on flypaper stretched across a roller system and then drops them into a vat of bacteria. The insects are then "digested" and the ensuing chemical reaction is transformed into power that keeps the rollers moving and the LCD clock working. The two offer another version that is powered by mice and an even cooler machine that picks insect fuel from spiderwebs with the help of a robotic arm and a video camera.
I won't be buying a first generation one of these, it's bound to have a tonne of bugs.
Could i please have house alarm from same company please?
Until people start hacking these and needs more power. Then starts going for human flesh.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
...to your laser-blasted skeleton.
Any chance of Microsoft getting a version that would eat the bugs in VIsta? okay someone was going to say it...
Oh sure, everyone's in favor of bug powered clocks, but as soon as you put a pedestrian catcher on the front of your electric SUV to make city driving more efficient then OHHhhh, suddenly you've gone too far!
Nice to see that PETA is already all over this.
These bloodthirsty, gut-wrenching robots, designed by UK-based designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau thrive on killing and liquidizing flies and mice, whilst serving the purpose of⦠well, not much at all really.
They even have their own vision of insect disposal.
I wonder if they target antibacterial soap and penicillin next...
The power generated might be enough to run one headlight. But what would really be interesting is capturing some of the speed energy to help charge the battery. But with using wind.
I'll do you one better. Attach a sail to the car so that almost all of the "speed" energy is harvested. Fans harvesting electricity from the "wind" generated by the engine propelling the car is less efficient than the engine just making the electricity.
Because slashdot is a website that is powered by these clicks. Each time you click on a hyperlink your mouse generates 1 joule of energy that gets faxed to the slashdot server farm using the technology patented by Dilbert.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
No, the piratical application involves ship-sized receptacles, cutlasses, and ropes to fetch fuel.
Democrat school playground. Fewer moronic bad-science laws.
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
And for the alarm, the clock says
"help me! help me! help me!"
www.eFax.com are spammers
"It recharges on the fly"