I was reading Slashdot this afternoon and I stumbled across this gem. Of course, being a gear head, I was curious how an engine might run without fuel. The principle is the known as the Stirling Engine, an external combustion engine that uses any constant external heat source to power it. Imagine the environmental impact of basically free rotational energy! On the companies website, they have a model that runs on the heat from your hand (the MM7) including a video of it (and other models) in action. How cool is that! You too can get your hands on one for about $380 from the American Stirling Company.
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Stirling Engines, way cool desk toy + more!
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Greening Your Congregation a Success!
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006We pulled off the Green Team event last week. I then immediately got sick afterwords so I am guessing it was a little more stressfull than I had actually realized. The event was awsome and everyone who volunteered really pulled through. I’ll post some of the materials online here soon. I also have some photos from the day.
