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    80mw

    How much power is 80mw?
    Apparently they've invented a shirt that can harvest static electricity and generate up to 80 milliwatts.
    As I'm a martyr to static I reckon I should get one. Could 80mw power my phone? Laptop? Feed into the national grid and make my fortune?
    Bored.

    #2
    Not a lot.

    You'd need 87.5 to power my energy saving light bult (7w) in my lounge.

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      #3
      You can get some handheld laser pointers in that power range that have a decent output. Can light matches with them etc.

      Ther are a few microprocessors that will run on 80mw, won't power the associated gubbins needed to actually do anything usefull with them.

      Best use for static I've found is building up a charge and sneaking up behind people to shock them with it
      "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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        #4
        Apparently they've invented a t-shirt that lights up when it's in a WiFi area. I think the buck teeth, glasses, BO and rubiks cube are optional accessories.
        Cooking doesn't get tougher than this.

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          #5
          1.21 jigawatts!!!... 1.21 jigawatts!!!!!!! ... where am i gonna find that kind of power?




          .. i'll get my coat
          The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek Points

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            #6
            Originally posted by chef View Post
            1.21 jigawatts!!!... 1.21 jigawatts!!!!!!! ... where am i gonna find that kind of power?




            .. i'll get my coat
            Nylon condom and a wooly glove. You do the rest
            "I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith

            On them! On them! They fail!

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