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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Wind Power - take two

This is another ingenious idea of how to do wind power effectively. The design uses flutter - you know, the kind of movement that collapsed the Tacoma Bridge when it resonated with the wind? Anyway, it's inexpensive, has few moving parts, and works on a micro-scale - all of which make it ideal for the developing world.

I don't know how I got lucky enough to stumble across this design, but boy am I glad I did!

Check out the two-minute video here.

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