Michael Hohensee wrote: > The cells you heard about on slashdot are probably just your standard > fuel cells. They generate power by oxidizing hydrogen. > > The spaceship you're talking about is actually an interstellar ship > called a ramscoop. It essentially scoops up interstellar hydrogen, > crams it into an extremely small volume, inducing fusion, which drives > the ship forward and incidentally powers the ramscoop fields. It > requires extremely large and powerful magnetic fields, and must be > pushed up to a substantial fraction of the speed of light before it can > collect enough hydrogen to be of any use. > > At this time, there have been no practical applications of the ramscoop > concept developed for wearable computing. <g> I've heard rumors that small, kid-sized versions will be made available soon. Anyone who has been around kids knows they're usually at ~1/3C or faster - so I foresee a set of kid-carried battery rechargers for wearables, in the future. =) A good use for all that kinetic energy, if a little hard on magnetic media in their vincinity <G> Mark -- I re-ship for small US & overseas businesses, world-wide. (For private individuals at cost; ask.) -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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