Sunday, February 6, 2011

Sterling Engine


I have a very cool toy Sterling Engine that I got from ThinkGeek. Fun to play with, but here’s an interesting write-up in Technology Review (via MIT) about:

A startup company [that] has developed a new type of engine that could generate electricity with the efficiency of a fuel cell, but which costs only about as much as an internal combustion engine. - [Friday, February 4, 2011 By Tyler Hamilton]

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