KS90 Stirling engine running on hand heat

[QwertyTSecond]

I'd be really tempted to put one of these on a CPU. Could have it power a fan and dissipate the heat, or power a dynamo and recapture the energy.

[ror3dracer01]

make it into a watch lol

[WoahSalmo]

Exactly! Get a copper heat condenser and hook it up to the stirling! It's not a lot of electricity, but it can be used ANYWHERE, not just in sunlit/windy/or near running water areas. It would be GREAT here in Arizona.

[bmw2go11]

crazy idea here ^ ^

get a big solar panel (black ones that get really hot quick)

put copper piping all under the panels to a central pad, place one of these (large scale) on it and let it run!! it wont catch all the energy the panels loose, but most of it will convert to electricity.

[fanjapanischermusik]

Did you put it in the Fridge before recording this?

[justdoitasshole]

How fast could you get it going if you were really nervous?

[bukster1]

There has got to be some sort of use for a technology like that. I take it the amount of power output would be quite low. However, imagine a bigger one running off a thermal vent, sunlight or anything that makes heat.

[jugaslt]

umm couldnt medicine use as a heart replacement somehow ? if it reacts to body heat that much ? :D

[lawortsman]

@jugaslt no, it needs a temperature difference, inside the body, the temperature is constant.

[turtlemann14]

@jugaslt not reliable enough, not enough of a temp difference.

other than that it would be grat

[unverbraucht11]

hmm... i wonder how hard it would be to build one of these vacuum engines...

[acanov]

great!

clap your other hand to something and generate wind.. you'll get a hybrid wind+heat motor..in your hands...

[Klutech]

I wonder if this could run on decomposing organic matter, which generates heat as well.

[ashnbrandon1]

@Klutech yea like fresh cow crap :D

[mashersmasher]

@Klutech

i would think so but you would need some sort of cooling. either you would need a very big sterling engine or a very small waste source.

[necromncr]

I have a dumb question: does the hand get colder?

[mexicanerd]

not a dumb question at all, yes slightly (the rest of the body compensates for the heat loss through blood flow)

[Morglin4]

@necromncr: yes, a little. But thats quickly compensated by the blood flow. definitly not a dumb question btw

[CtrlAltDaLEET]

if i had one, mine would spin heaps fast because i sweat and heat up like crazy

[grasswine]

Very impressive. I just ordered one from Kontax hope it arrives soon. Can't wait.

[Edalzio]

where did you get this? could i gert one online?

[supatroopa411]

yeah, ebay. costs like 100-350 bucks

[manawee89]

if i order one from ebay how long does it takes ??

(am living in kuwait)

plz help i need one for my presentation next tuesday

[supatroopa411]

no idea where kuwait is but it usually takes like 3 businus days

[manawee89]

OMG ! u have nooo idea where kuwait is @@!!!! middle east :\ ( arabian gulf country !!)

anyway thanks alot =)

[mexicanerd]

fail

[GerbilEssences]

@mexicanerd That comment is a fail.

[coolghai]

This actually makes a lot of sense. It could act as a thermostat if you turned the flywheel into a fan. The hotter you are, the more it cools you down, then when your cooled down, its stops!

[C05597641]

The problem is that your body temperature barely changes at all even when you feel very very hot.

The human body feels very small changes in its core temperature very intensely.

[NikosSTD]

Magnificent!!!!! With 237 K as Tmin is fabulou!!! Speechless indeed!

[djpalme]

Don't get the bad rating. In my opinion that's really amazing. That really shows how efficient those engines are.