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Re: wind-up wearables

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Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 10:09:37 -0500

>I'll take 82 years as opposed to 6000 years.. but why isnt it feasible?
>Are we talking only a minute bit of current being generated here? What
>was the method of generating the current, thermocouple interface?

You're sharp Mike.  It was indeed a thermocouple - produced only
100mW.  Once you get all the shielding on it, it ended up a little
bigger than a softball.  Incovenient.

						Thad Starner
						MIT Media Laboratory
						Wearable Computing Project

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