"Perhaps the Steorn device also has a lithium battery to account for its higher cost."
Yes, they said it has a lithium battery in their presentation. Supposedly, the battery recharges continuously. Craig On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Teslaalset <robbiehobbiesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bob, this is not targeted at end-consumers, but potential licensees, to > allow evaluation of their granted patent and potential trade secrets > included in the license deal. These prototypes also will allow those who > want to understand the physics, e.g. universities. What they currently show > is far from matured applications and integration. The first home VCR also > weighted 15Kg. I'd like my mobile phone having this technology embedded. > > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> That may be true, but they are only guaranteeing that it will work for 1 >> year. And, it is not clear that they are guaranteeing that it will still >> produce 10WH / day at the end of one year. The internal lithium battery >> will probably only last about 2 years. That is a total of about 3.6kWH of >> electricity, or about $3.60 worth for $1300 for the device. It may be >> worth the price as an experiment demonstrating the novel physics involved, >> but for nothing else. If it really does involve new physics, the cost >> would have to decline by a factor of >100 before it would have an impact on >> society. Keep in mind that you could provide the same daily energy from a >> couple of solar cells and a voltage boosting inverter for less than $10 in >> parts if you are looking or an emergency phone charger. And the solar >> charger would weigh less and last longer. >> >> > >
