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Gravity Powered Lamp, Designed By Student, Provides As Much Light As 40 Watt Bulb
Science Daily ^
| 2-22-2008
| Virginia Tech
Posted on 02/22/2008 11:27:17 AM PST by blam
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To: blam
Hokie, hokie high! VPI! Go Tech!
(That's my alma mater!)
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:37:55 AM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: longtermmemmory
Light switches do not work, where there is no electrical grid.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:38:23 AM PST
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
"Reminds me of the LED flashlights that you shake for 20 seconds and then they are suppose to give you 30 minutes of light." I have one of those in my hurricane prepardness chest. It works suprisingly well.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:39:10 AM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: HardStarboard
Get three of them then...
3 X zero electricity is still zero.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:39:18 AM PST
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: patton
It won’t be long evidently... I wouldn’t mind having one myself.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:39:20 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(We've got Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dumber left. Name them in order. I dare ya.)
To: EEDUDE
Not sure what is patentable here. Clocks have been powered this way for centuries.
The key to this this device is the LEDs which are very efficient no matter what the power source.
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Yeah, but you have to enlist a bunch of pre-teen boys to power those things.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:40:07 AM PST
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: blam
That looks interesting. It will be more interesting if the device can be made bright enough to read by.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:40:58 AM PST
by
Old Mountain man
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
To: longtermmemmory
Kind of like lighting your house with those glowing light sticks.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:41:55 AM PST
by
jwalburg
(Gullible warming protesters are self-extinguishing)
To: syriacus
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:42:39 AM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: squidly
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:43:33 AM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: blam
How about a wind-up lamp next?
To: blam
To: KarlInOhio
Would that be a grandfather or cuckoo clock?
To: blam
Great concept. If they just replace the led’s with an 1157 auto bulb (tail light/brake light) this could be built cheaply and last a loooooong time.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:45:12 AM PST
by
wizr
("Give me liberty, or give me death." - Patrick Henry)
To: GraniteStateConservative
You gotta be kidding me.... the gravity lamp got beat out by a regular old amp meter?
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:45:20 AM PST
by
squidly
To: blam
And it’s art deco, too.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:47:09 AM PST
by
unspun
(Mike Huckabee: Government's job is "protect us, not have to provide for us." Duncan Hunter knows.)
To: blam
>>I like this device.<<
I do too - very elegant.
But its not actually powered by gravity - the potential energy comes from the human applied force of lifting the weight.
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:47:46 AM PST
by
gondramB
(Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Hokie, hokie high! VPI! Go Tech! I've always wondered...what's a Hokie?
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posted on
02/22/2008 11:47:59 AM PST
by
TonyInOhio
(Dedicated to the preservation of American Exceptionalism.)
To: squidly
Does it have a plug in port to power an oxygen concentrator for emergency use during power outages?
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