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Post by clarencebunsen on Sept 24, 2014 17:37:45 GMT -5
I'm sure no one here would be taken in by a fake ad and attempt to charge their cell phone in a microwave, but evidently people were convinced to try and then posted the results on line.  Fake microwave charging ad enrages iOS8 users  www.cnbc.com/id/102029217If you have a technology challenged friend. please tell them not to put a phone in a microwave. |
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Post by dave on Sept 25, 2014 6:23:36 GMT -5
I do think I would have checked further sources before baking my phone in a microwave oven, but there does seem to be some logic in all of this. After all, bathing a battery in energy from any source for a charging "merely" requires a miraculous conversion from one form of energy to another, the first law of thermodynamics be damned. We can always switch gears and try another route, such as mass-energy equivalence, Of course, I leave the gritty details to you, CB. I'm only in charge of Big Ideas. Thank goodness I'm not responsible for proving them.  PS: If charging a phone in the microwave were possible, the same logic might conclude you could also charge it by flushing it down the toilet. |
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Post by clarencebunsen on Sept 25, 2014 7:40:02 GMT -5
Re: the flushing down the toilet concept. I've been working on the design with inlets along the top edge and discharge ports along the bottom with a bank of nano-impellers in the body to power the micro-generator. I've got the Matchbox model of the '57 Chevy epoxied to the back. The fins stabilize the package in the stream flow and the working hood and trunk provide access to the back up battery. I've almost got the design of the lanyard retrieval system completed, based on one of those dog leash thingies. I think we are about ready for the Kick Starter campaign to raise the $1 million in start up capital.
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Post by dave on Sept 25, 2014 8:52:56 GMT -5
Let's try to get $2 million. I won't be of much help, I'm afraid. I bent over and my mp3 player fell out of my shirt pocket into the dog's water dish. Now I can't stand up straight and the dog says she won't drink out of the dish because it tastes like my Allman Brothers collection.
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Post by dave on Sept 25, 2014 9:11:25 GMT -5
By the way, speaking of the Allman Brothers, here's a terrific song from the 2010 Crossroads concert and album from the Trucks-Tedeschi (Susan) band. Derek Truck's solo on this is nothing short of fantastic. The guy is a genius. (He and Warren Haynes are now sharing guitar lead in what's left of the Allman Bros. band. Which other than the two of them and the original drummers (Derek's Uncle Butch and "Jaimoe" Johanson) is worn-out Greg Allman.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Sept 25, 2014 9:21:32 GMT -5
Alternative design concept: Phone body based on iPod shuffle, little square of metal with clip to secure it to clothing. Connected by bluetooth to headset built into glasses frame. (I'll have to give up my wire rims.) Power is supplied by dog in over-sized hamster wheel and transmitted wirelessly to phone.
Perhaps your dog would like this music better:
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Post by dave on Sept 25, 2014 9:55:09 GMT -5
You know, I never liked that song. I do now. I love it.
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