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    7-inch Lego Dynamo Flashlight Stomps All Minifig Keychains

    Mini Hydro Turbine Concept Turns Drippy Faucet Into Energy Source

    Green Erg Generator: An Energy Tail That Harnesses the Power of Walking

    HydroStar SUB Flashlight With Dynamo-Powered LEDs, Lasers Lightning Review
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/11/09

    In reply to 7-inch Lego Dynamo Flashlight Stomps All Minifig Keychains
    What's his name? Gordon Lightfoot?
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    08/11/09

    In reply to 7-inch Lego Dynamo Flashlight Stomps All Minifig Keychains
    What?! No Star Wars lego-foot-flash-light? Seriously lego is like marketing God.
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    08/11/09

    @elitesoulman: No kidding. Coming next...Lego Indiana Jones minifig flashlight, and Lego Batman minifig flashlight, and....Lego Ron Jeremy minifig flashlight...Wait, what?
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    Image of lavos222 lavos222
    08/11/09

    In reply to 7-inch Lego Dynamo Flashlight Stomps All Minifig Keychains
    Give'em Iron Man armour, that'll sell like hotcakes
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/06/09

    In reply to Mini Hydro Turbine Concept Turns Drippy Faucet Into Energy Source
    How about a generator inside of a spool on the toilet paper rack.


    If you have two cats, you'll save so much money on electricity.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Here's an idea for you:


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    04/06/09

    In reply to Mini Hydro Turbine Concept Turns Drippy Faucet Into Energy Source
    Incidentally, my apartment does not charge for water, but I have to pay gas and electricity bills. Looks like it's time for me to get one of these things and have the shower on at full blast all the time.
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    04/06/09

    In reply to Mini Hydro Turbine Concept Turns Drippy Faucet Into Energy Source
    I Think I've already invented this in my head, due mostly to my cheapness and desire to somehow take advantage of my apartment's free heat and water (I pay only for electricity). I wonder if this could power A/C if you ran it 24/7...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/06/09

    @lpranal: You mean other than the fact that you're wasting fairly clean drinking water which is far more precious than electricity?


    And that your "free water" is very likely subject to a reasonable use clause

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/06/09

    In reply to Mini Hydro Turbine Concept Turns Drippy Faucet Into Energy Source
    Someone makes a shower head I just saw at home depot that is powered by the water flowing through it to light up some LED's. It was too much $$ for me to buy though.
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    04/06/09

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    04/06/09

    @Scotland: Yeah, I know. It takes me a while to hand craft the awards. They are personalized!
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    04/06/09

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    04/06/09

    @highfloydelity: Thar she blows. Yup, that was the one. Besides the cost, I need a special shower head with rubber nozzles so I can clean out the scale that collects in all my fixtures from my hard water.


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    04/06/09

    In reply to Mini Hydro Turbine Concept Turns Drippy Faucet Into Energy Source
    You can't forget that the energy had to come from somewhere. And in this case that somewhere is the cities pumping stations. If we were to use this on mass it would increase the back-pressure in the line thus causing the city to use more power to get the water to you...
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    04/06/09

    @magoocas: towns that use waterspheres could negate some of that extra energy cost.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    04/06/09

    @magoocas: With a water tower, the energy would be taken from the water flowing out of the faucet. The water flow would slow, lowering the gpm. The lowered water demand would actually save $ on the pump side.
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    Image of Accelerata Accelerata
    04/06/09

    @magoocas: any increased flow resistance just results in lower water flow to you, not additional power used by the city (the pressure is a constant, regardless of how much water you're taking out). its the same deal as low flow shower heads. the city doesn't spend more money because you get less water; you just get less water.


    most water pressure is established by gravity, not pumps (the pumps that run pump water to a higher elevation to establish pressure). this is important in disasters when you need water pressure (to put out fires, etc) even when the electric grid may not be functional at the time.


    really, this is just a localized version of the electric storage mechanisms already in use by the power grid. during low load times, they pump water from a lower elevation resouvior to a higher one. during high load times, they let the water drain into the lower one through a turbine to generate electricity.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/06/09

    @Accelerata: Also not to forget that the concept behind this device is not to generate NEW power, but rather to RECOVER energy that's already been used in the system and that otherwise would be wasted.
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    04/06/09

    In reply to Mini Hydro Turbine Concept Turns Drippy Faucet Into Energy Source
    wouldnt it save more energy just to fix the damn faucet?
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    02/25/09

    In reply to Green Erg Generator: An Energy Tail That Harnesses the Power of Walking
    I would put one of these things at the bottom of my cape as part of an oldschool superhero outfit and make it charge up a big capacitor. My super power? Giving people the most wicked static shocks! MUAHAHAHA... >:D
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    02/24/09

    In reply to Green Erg Generator: An Energy Tail That Harnesses the Power of Walking
    Those guys in Africa run every where so this would be great for them. Or our fat kids/people America, you want to play 360 go run around the house for an hour. Then this guy should build a device that harness the wasted energy from girls when they are speaking, you could power the world.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/24/09

    @Hiroak: If only we could find a way to make ignorance generate electricity, you could provice enough for a large city for at least a week before your idiocy incited enough people to beat you silly.


    It's win/win, really.

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    02/25/09

    @BeautifulAgony: Zing!
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    02/24/09

    In reply to Green Erg Generator: An Energy Tail That Harnesses the Power of Walking
    Step 2: Add children
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    02/24/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: You and I should go into business together.
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    02/24/09

    @bucho54: You get the energy device. I will obtain the children through my contacts.
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    Image of The Amazing Ant The Amazing Ant
    02/24/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Step 3: ???

    Step 4: Profit!
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    02/25/09

    @The Amazing Ant: Step 3:
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    11/27/08

    In reply to HydroStar SUB Flashlight With Dynamo-Powered LEDs, Lasers Lightning Review
    Was I the only one who had the phrase "IT'S ALIVE!!" run through my head when the iPod was connected?
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    11/27/08

    In reply to HydroStar SUB Flashlight With Dynamo-Powered LEDs, Lasers Lightning Review
    This seems extremely cool.


    Good gadget gift...golly.


    Stop me before I alliterate again!

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