We need something like this not because of a lack of available energy, but because the available energy is in the wrong form.
There is enough solar energy hitting the earth to power everything we now use. The problem is turning it into electricity. Solar panels are big, expensive and inefficient. You need to have large arrays to get anything valuable, and because of their size you can't transport them.
We need something small, yet with a high energy density. Solar panels just don't have this.
U of Lethbridge is a very small university. (2 hours from my house) 100 seems like a huge number and is most likely every single first year CS position.
The disparity is caused by the length of the P4 pipeline in relation to the AthlonXP. So it's a ratio. 2000/1600=1.25 or 1600/2000=0.8
So a 3.5GHz P4 is the equivalent of a (3.5*0.8) 2.8GHz Athlon XP
The gear is actually a circle but the viewing angle makes it appear to be an oval.
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The gyros tell the machine if it is leaning forward. If it is then the wheels spin to pull itself upright again. Same thing if you are leaning backwards.
It will have to have a battery of some sort to be the powersupply.
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This will be amazing, Intel and AMD will license the technology.
Imagine a CPU with 1GB of L1 cache. All of windows in cache, now that's a fast boot.
We need something like this not because of a lack of available energy, but because the available energy is in the wrong form.
There is enough solar energy hitting the earth to power everything we now use. The problem is turning it into electricity. Solar panels are big, expensive and inefficient. You need to have large arrays to get anything valuable, and because of their size you can't transport them.
We need something small, yet with a high energy density. Solar panels just don't have this.
U of Lethbridge is a very small university. (2 hours from my house) 100 seems like a huge number and is most likely every single first year CS position.
The disparity is caused by the length of the P4 pipeline in relation to the AthlonXP. So it's a ratio. 2000/1600=1.25 or 1600/2000=0.8
So a 3.5GHz P4 is the equivalent of a (3.5*0.8) 2.8GHz Athlon XP
The gear is actually a circle but the viewing angle makes it appear to be an oval.
The gyros tell the machine if it is leaning forward. If it is then the wheels spin to pull itself upright again. Same thing if you are leaning backwards.
It will have to have a battery of some sort to be the powersupply.