Thread: What is Dean's "IT"?
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IT on local radio
Posted by soap108 at 1/12/2001 9:44 AM EST


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In Reply to: Is This It?
Posted by Bill Beatty on 1/12/2001 1:54 AM EST:



Whatever IT turns out to be, likely the power generator mentioned already, Dean has our attention.

As my alarm clock, set to radio, turned on this morning, guess what the hot-topic was...IT.
If you care to call in 6am-10am EST the number is
1-800-749-9490. Or might be able to get the audio broadcast at 949zeta.com or zetarocks.com.

Do any of the veteran FIRSTers remember Dean mentioning, in passing but directed toward students, something to the effect of 'wouldn't it be great if engineers could create...a clean-running, small portable generator that can power a house for x days...' at either National Award ceremony (1999?) or a NH Kick-off address? Just wondering....


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: Follows is an excerpt from a news release.

: "As The World Turns, Free Energy?"

: "Imagine the earth as a perpetual-motion machine-a giant flywheel that rotates tirelessly. Now, picture being able to tap into that enormous energy.
: That's what a handful of engineers have done. They have produced a machine that is basically a gyroscope connected to a generator. As the earth turns, the gyroscope's spinning rotor resists changing direction. The resulting torque is converted by gears into the spinning shaft of a generator."

: Later
: --"It is theoretically possible to generate all the electrical power needed in the world with this method. And if you did so, it would only slow the Earth's rotation by one second over 10,000 years."


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