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June 23rd 05, 05:56 AM
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New Cheap Rugged Turbine
A new turbine has been announced which is claimed to have unprecedented
low cost and ruggedness: http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Article...n+turbines.htm http://www.swri.edu/4org/d18/mechflu...rb/radflow.htm How significant is this announcement? How low-cost is low-cost? How rugged is rugged? What is the tradeoff to this design? Lower energy efficiency? What new applications will it enable or make practical? Turbine lawn-mowers? Turbine-powered bicycles? New personal aircraft? Moller SkyCar? Helmet-mounted turbine helicopter blades?  Comments plz? (Btw, just as an aside -- what is a 'nanotechnology gas turbine' anyway? Is that one of those experimental dime-sized turbines etched from a silicon wafer that can be used to power a laptop or PDA?) 
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