NEW TECHNOLOGIES/NEW PRODUCTS forum: Noise
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| Harnessing noise, the distorted form of sound energy as a renewable resource of energy. These students have developed a project to discover these possibilities. http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/sharjah-university-students-c...  "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." --Albert Einstein ~ All Things Plants, SOUTHWEST GARDENING ~Cubits.org ENERGY & POWER |
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| For better or worse, noise is not a very energy-dense resource. Consider a rock concert. The band can create ear-splitting noise with a kilowatt of power or two. If you covered all the surfaces of the stadium with 100% efficient noise transducers that turn sound into electricity, you could generate a kilowatt of power or two. The same surface area covered with solar cells would produce tens or hundreds of kilowatts - hundreds of times as much power. And most noise sources are thousands of times weaker than the noise at a rock concert. It's a fun idea. Maybe it has a niche. But we won't be running our blenders and toaster ovens on noise. |
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| I like the rock concert example. Maybe the concert venue could become a profit center and hook up to a large grid platform and sell the energy to help power 100,000 homes... bringing down the price of a ticket. "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." --Albert Einstein ~ All Things Plants, SOUTHWEST GARDENING ~Cubits.org ENERGY & POWER |
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This might be an option for people that live under the landing pattern of a major airport or as a gimmicky way to power a hotel next to Niagara Falls without actually using the water itself. It could even make life better for those who live next to noisy neighbors  |
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| Or living next to a railroad track like I did south of San Francisco. RE the noisy neighbors... it would be fun to sell their "noise" back to them and make a profit off of the noisy neighbors nuisance! "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." --Albert Einstein ~ All Things Plants, SOUTHWEST GARDENING ~Cubits.org ENERGY & POWER |
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 Aguane Selling it to them would make it really fun  |
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