If you thought batteries are greener Technology for tomorrow, let us raise the curtain over a Internal combustion engine that runs on Petrol and is more efficient that any other electrical equivalent.



Scientists have built the world’s smallest petrol engine that is tiny enough to power a Watch.

The mini-combustion engine can run for two years on a single dose of a light fuel.

To give you an estimate of the power, it produces 700 times more energy than a conventional battery despite having a size less than a centimetre long . If the technology continues to innovate with the same pace, it could be used to power laptops and mobile phones for months.

Energy evangelists believe that this new mini-motor can make batteries look conventional and even phase them out in half decade.

The engine has been produced by engineers at the University of Birmingham.

“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.”

These tiny engines would find applications in other fields such as medical, military gadgets, and future robots.

Today, charging an ordinary battery to deliver one unit of energy involves putting 2,000 units into it. This is due to the fact that energy is wated at several steps before it is effectively stored. On the contrary this engine produces energy locally, and hence is far more efficient.

Micro engines have been produced several times in the past, but all of them failed at dissipating heat to surroundings, and burned themselves over a small period of operation. The Birmingham team overcame this by using heat-resistant materials such as ceramic and silicon carbide. They brought together all the engineering disciplines, both materials, chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering.

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They are building tiny turbine engines that turn at around 50,000 rpm, much simpler and more efficient than a micro piston engine.

MadPoo is now an expert in the field of nano stuff, even in things that are not necessarily connected to micro penises.

If they installed miniature nuclear powerplants into watches, they should run a lifetime without needing to get refueled

What has run for years is this grossly exaggerated article from The Sun...

It looks neat.But would last as long as a fart in a whirlwind

In addition to being more efficient on the energy return they are more enviromentally friendly (unless you're asking Al Bore).

The greenies turn a blind eye to the wide array of battery cells that are winding up in landfills or illegally dumped or stored that are full of toxins and pollute ground water, etc.

This sucker burns its fuel source off completely over time and the miniscule amount of emmissions safely dissipate into the atomosphere.

No harm, no foul.

Let the naysayers fuck off and go back to charging their chevy volts . . . burn your fucking houses down . . . who cares?

korbach wrote:

MadPoo is now an expert in the field of nano stuff, even in things that are not necessarily connected to micro penises.

The machine would be "micro", not "nano".....ya dumbshit.

The EPA will make sure it never can be used in the USA, due to CO2 emissions.

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... this little sucker in a pocket watch could add new meaning to the term "hot pants." ... maybe it could somehow power ben-wa balls and keep women from being so bitchy.



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