Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote:
> Megawatts are better than kilowatts and kilowatts are better than > milliwatts. > Probably not in the long term. Most devices use ~100 W. In the future I expect all power supplies to be self-contained, with no central generation or even household generators. I mean that every light fixture, computer and cell phone will have a thermoelectric generator. The most useful size will be 1 to 100 W. Even early into a cold fusion era there will be few uses for a megawatt generator. > Perhaps each have their specific market however I have serious doubts for > milliwatts- energy sources for the pacemakers of cardiopathic artists in > the flea circus are not so necessary. > Pacemaker power supplies produce microwatts, I believe. Pacemakers may soon be powered by piezoelectrics or by blood. That will eliminate the need to change out the battery, and the need for cold fusion powered pacemakers. > The Violante et al paper is really good, it is about fine tuning of > metallurgy > and morphology- but reproducibility is under 20%. > p. 9 says: "I lot: Reproducibility > 60%, Excess Power > 100%" - Jed
