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08-09-2006, 03:03 PM
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 New mini petrol engine By JOHN SCOTT SCIENTISTS have built the smallest petrol engine - tiny enough to power a WATCH. The mini-motor, which runs for two years on a single squirt of lighter fuel, is set to revolutionise world technology. It produces 700 times more energy than a conventional battery despite being less than a centimetre long - not even half an inch. It could be used to operate laptops and mobile phones for months on end - doing away with the need for recharging. Experts believe it could be phasing out batteries in such items within just six years. The engine, minute enough to be balanced on a fingertip, has been produced by engineers at the University of Birmingham. Dr Kyle Jiang, lead investigator from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said: "We are looking at an industrial revolution happening in peoples' pockets. "The breakthrough is an enormous step forward. Devices which need re- charging or new batteries are a problem but in six years will be a thing of the past." Other applications for the engine could include medical and military uses, such as running heart pacemakers or mini reconnaissance robots. At present, charging an ordinary battery to deliver one unit of energy involves putting 2,000 units into it. The little engine, because energy is produced locally, is far more effective. One of the main problems faced by engineers who have tried to produce micro motors in the past has been the levels of heat produced. The engines got so hot they burned themselves out and could not be re-used. The Birmingham team overcame this by using heat-resistant materials such as ceramic and silicon carbide. Professor Graham Davies, head of the university's engineering school, said: "We've brought together all the engineering disciplines, both materials, chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. "What better place to have the second industrial revolution - in nano-technology - than where the first took place, in the heart of the West Midlands."
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08-09-2006, 03:05 PM
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Can you convert it to LPG and get the $2000 grant?
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08-09-2006, 03:49 PM
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Thats amazing how they can build such things..
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08-09-2006, 05:14 PM
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Rice aint nice!
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08-09-2006, 05:22 PM
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ANY idea how it works? I suspect it's not an IC engine :S
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08-09-2006, 03:35 PM
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what's the point basing it on petrol?
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08-09-2006, 03:52 PM
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Shoot.
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Sounds like quite an accomplishment. Surely there are some disadvantages.. I don't know if I'd want a petrol-powered pacemaker inside me!!!
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08-09-2006, 04:06 PM
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You win again, gravity!!!
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[QUOTE=XRated] I don't know if I'd want a petrol-powered pacemaker inside me!!![QUOTE]
Where would they run the exhaust??? ;)
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09-09-2006, 04:06 AM
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let it burn
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11-09-2006, 11:54 PM
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[QUOTE=fairlane_ghia][QUOTE=XRated] I don't know if I'd want a petrol-powered pacemaker inside me!!!
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09-09-2006, 06:26 PM
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12-09-2006, 12:49 AM
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Gives new meaning to "petrol running through your veins".
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08-09-2006, 03:47 PM
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You win again, gravity!!!
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when can we have matchbox car racing?
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08-09-2006, 03:51 PM
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Can you put a blower on it?
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08-09-2006, 04:42 PM
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sounds good and is a great achievement in technology, but i dont think youll ever hear of it again.
imagine being the mechanic that has to do the re-build on it! |
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08-09-2006, 04:46 PM
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you could get pacemaker extractors for it :P
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08-09-2006, 04:50 PM
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Is it 4 stroke?
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08-09-2006, 05:27 PM
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Is it april ?.
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08-09-2006, 05:43 PM
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I wonder how it would go with a set of extractors..... A watch?? Be a bit noisey by the bed me thinks...
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08-09-2006, 06:44 PM
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I'd Pod it, Chip it, and then Dyno it.
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08-09-2006, 07:28 PM
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wonder if the government will put a luxury tax on high powered pace makers .????
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08-09-2006, 07:31 PM
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hmmm boost
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whats it called the I- 4 stoke
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09-09-2006, 07:55 AM
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This is certainly very interesting. Definitely would save more energy in the long run. I hope it takes off and doesnt end up like most good inventions/developments and remains in the lab.
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09-09-2006, 08:09 AM
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Rice aint nice!
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09-09-2006, 09:00 AM
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What could potentially happen here is that the battery companies will buy the rights to this invention and shelve it so they can keep pumping out batteries.
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Rice aint nice!
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09-09-2006, 06:16 PM
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Can we have a link?
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09-09-2006, 06:25 PM
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it must be a joke surely
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10-09-2006, 08:16 AM
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I'll have one with 10.000 cylinders / units....
Beat those Pac boys somehow.....
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Where does the key go?
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New MINI Petrol Engine...and I mean MINI!
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