Timeline for How could a mammalian body provide substantial electrical power through non-harmful, "passive" means?
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| Feb 12, 2017 at 21:51 | answer | added | Nani Tatiana Isobel | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 22:42 | vote | accept | Shard Wolf | ||
| Nov 27, 2016 at 12:31 | comment | added | celtschk | I'd expect that before we develop such a generator, we will have chips of the computational power of an i7 with much lower power requirement (how much power would an 8086 consume if rebuilt with current technology?) | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 7:14 | answer | added | AlexP | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 6:25 | comment | added | IndigoFenix | They have one of these already. Probably not enough for a cell phone, but it's something. engineering.columbia.edu/… | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 6:18 | history | edited | Shard Wolf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2016 at 6:02 | history | edited | Shard Wolf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarified wattage range.
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| Nov 27, 2016 at 6:02 | comment | added | Shard Wolf | Ah. In that case, I suppose it's not all that different from what I had in mind - the NUC boards only draw 38-77W when under full load, idling at a much more respectable 17W or so. (I've updated the question.) | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 5:59 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | @ITWolf I took that number from a range on wikipedia: "Search Results A trained cyclist can produce about 400 watts of mechanical power for an hour or more, but adults of good average fitness average between 50 and 150 watts for an hour of vigorous exercise. A healthy well-fed laborer over the course of an 8-hour work shift can sustain an average output of about 75 watts." | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 5:42 | comment | added | Shard Wolf | @CortAmmon 50W on a bicycle appears to be similar to a leisurely ride as opposed to vigorous exercise. Is it significantly different for on-foot exercise? | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 5:38 | answer | added | John | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 4:30 | comment | added | Tony | [instinctively thinks of the Matrix] Harvesting the excess electrical potential from nerve impulses, so the mammal feels every sensation mildly less? | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 4:20 | comment | added | user6760 | Maybe GMO sheep-monkey-dolphin-spider-electric eel-animal X" hybrid, the wool cause static charges to build up and is harvested as a power source. I'm brainstorming which animal part can double as capacitor... | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 4:18 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | Reading between the lines, you're looking to produce roughly 50W or so? Worth noting: that qualifies as "vigorous exercise" for human beings. | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 4:13 | answer | added | kingledion | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 3:25 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 27, 2016 at 3:21 | history | asked | Shard Wolf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |