[Vo]:diode array recycles ambient heat

[Charles M. Brown]

The diode array is progressing. A backer is willing to 
invest in nanoprototyping. There is some difficulty in 
that electron beam lithography is slow at ~ 1 / 3 second 
per 50 nm spot so the prototype will be microscopic with ~ 
10,000 diodes. In the future, a stamp pad of millions of 
electron emitters will make many diode spots quickly. I 
found conference calls to be a powerful way to persuade 
people that we mean serious business. InSb can be 
electroplated as either small crystals or a organized 
deposition of alternate In and Sb layers. Fabricators can 
now make 4" InSb wafers but they are unnecessarily thick 
at ~900 um. However, they are expensive at hundreds of 
times the cost of Si. I think that diode arrays will 
produce cheap electricity while absorbing ambient heat. 
Elctricity tends to return as heat when used so an 
industrialized cave using diode arrays would not heat up 
or cool down.  An estimated power density of 100 watts / 
cm2 @ 300K seems attainable. This means everyone on earth 
can have many poweful tools without the prime worry of 
scarcity. The secondary worry of people overloading the 
environment by occupying it or traveling through it 
remains.

Aloha,
Charlie