In reply to Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:03:49 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Must keep an eye on these folks. > > > >I gather it's been speculated these devices are powered by Earth's Magnetic >field. I'm not sure how that would work. If this line of speculation turns out >to be accurate I'd guess one cannot stack too many of them together in order >to boost wattage. Density issues. Makes me wonder what the maximum wattage >that could theoretically be harvested within, say, each square foot, or meter. >Of course, what comes to my speculative mind is the feasibility of erecting >"power" buildings crammed with stacks and stacks of these devices all hooked >up together. Kind of like a sub-station. But in this case, more of a mini >power house. I'm guessing this would be totally impractical cost-wise due to >low density output combined with the high cost of the individual devices. >Perhaps it simply would not work. It's a nice thought though.
To me it looks they have just put a supercap in a box, with some electronics. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
