Thursday, November 10, 2005

Mini windmills power wireless networks

This is a great idea - using tiny windmills that use piezoelectric materials instead of "traditional" generators to achieve 18% efficency (versus about 1% for the conventional method.) Combined with a small photovolatic array for those non-windy days this would make for a super cool self-powering mesh network!

Link @ nature.com

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