Remember this post!

[Hawk]

SMALLEST PETROL ENGINE

SCIENTISTS have built the smallest petrol engine, tiny enough to power a WATCH. The mini-motor, which runs for two years on a single squirt of lighter fuel, is set to revolutionize world technology. It produces 700 times more energy than a conventional battery despite being less than a centimeter long not even half an inch. It could be used to operate laptops and mobile phones for months doing away with the need for recharging. Experts believe it could be phasing out batteries in such items within just six years. The engine, minute enough to be balanced on a fingertip, has been produced by engineers at the University of Birmingham. Dr Kyle Jiang, lead investigator from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said: “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.” Other applications for the engine could include medical and military uses, such as running heart pacemakers or mini reconnaissance robots. At present, charging an ordinary battery to deliver one unit of energy involves putting 2,000 units into it. The little engine, because energy is produced locally, is far more effective. One of the main problems faced by engineers who have tried to produce micro motors in the past has been the levels of heat produced. The engines got so hot they burned themselves out and could not be re-used. The Birmingham team overcame this by using heat-resistant materials such as ceramic and silicon carbide. Professor Graham Davies, head of the university’s engineering school, said: “We’ve brought together all the engineering disciplines, materials, chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. “What better place to have the second industrial revolution in nano-technology than where the first took place, in the heart of the West Midlands.”

remember today...the day you got a glimpse of the future!

[Jase]

Can't wait to have an aftermarket exhaust installed on my smartphone.

prrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRR rum rum PRRRRRRRRRRRR

[PanthaSan]

They will never allow it in my state until it can reduce it's emissions.

Enjoy your technology folks, I will be here looking over the fence in a jealous rage...

[boo7382]

cant. read. too. long. noooo spaces. noo paragraphs AHHH!

[Jangler]

Will just be used to make an 80 year old man get an erection.

[CLTPanther]

*goes to look for mini engine turbo charger*

[Hawk]

cant. read. too. long. noooo spaces. noo paragraphs AHHH!

summary:

your vibrator is going to run a long long time without needing batteries

[boo7382]

summary:

your vibrator is going to run a long long time without needing batteries

Best summary ever. You don't know how awesome it is to hear that.

p.s. i gotta spread rep around....maybe if they would turn the pie back on!!!

[Hawk]

I'm thinking a single squirt of lighter fluid gives off very little exhaust over two or more years!!!!!

[Epistaxis]

This thing+Firefox think and do technology+penis pumps= gozillion dollar industry

I just took jangler's idea to the inevitable.

[j2sgam]

That is really cool, that would definitely change the way lots of things are done...

They started here..

[PanthaSan]

Will just be used to make an 80 year old man get an erection.

I'm cool with that.....:D

[Darth Biscuit]

I'm cool with that.....:D

Great, more kids for Panth-San... :lol:

[Mvp2014]

That's awesome, I was wondering what was going to be the next big tech. Nano-engines