+Rick618 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 So, I just need to get a baby stroller big enough to carry 1000 hampsters and the rest of the caching gear. OK, strollers out, going to need something a bit bigger for all the wheels, maybe one of the buggies from Sam's/Costco or one of the lumber carts from HD/Lowes......now were cooking with hampster juice. Scientists have managed to harness the energy-producing power of hamsters by fitting them with tiny detector jackets. The devices are strapped to the animals as they run on their cage wheels, capturing the biomechanical energy they release as they exercise. Experts believe the technique could one day be used to capture power produced by humans. Dr Zhong Lin Wang of Georgia University's Nano Research Group developed the flexible jackets, which are fitted with wires plugged into a nanogenerator that produces energy when they are bent and stretched. In tests one hamster named Campbell's Dwarf produced small amounts of AC power – around one twentieth of the output of an AA battery. Although it would take 1,000 hamsters to generate enough energy to power a mobile phone, Dr Wang said the technology could have practical applications when applied to larger animals and humans. "We believe that this is the first demonstration of a live animal producing current with nano-generators," she told The Sun. Dr Wang added that the technology could be ready to be fitted into clothes within five years. It would capture energy produced not only when humans are active, but also from smaller movements such as when people are sat at computers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechn...for-energy.html Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) It's from The Telegraph (U.K.) newspaper, so you'd better believe it MrsB Edited February 21, 2009 by The Blorenges Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Hamsters are trading swag, not energy sources. So, keep that Wang away from my signature item. Edited February 21, 2009 by The Leprechauns Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Hamsters are trading swag, not energy sources. They also make tasty snacks, for those hikes that turn out to be longer than expected. (oops! I hope bflentje doesn't dime me out for hijacking a thread...) Edited February 21, 2009 by Clan Riffster Quote Link to comment
7rxc Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hamsters are trading swag, not energy sources. Relax, it's just some scientist using hamsters to work out the details of harnessing the energy of two and three year old children... Doug Quote Link to comment
7rxc Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Dang the double... sorry Doug Edited February 22, 2009 by 7rxc Quote Link to comment
+Star*Hopper Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 K, I'm here just for one quick question. What the he77 are " Hapmsters" ??????// Anything like a 'Trpppbile'? (That 2nd one was slow - real-l-l-l slow. Just so's you know we din't blow the premise.) ~* Quote Link to comment
+blb9556 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 My newest cache container. Quote Link to comment
+Bergie Bunch Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) My newest cache container. Let me know where you placer this one, it will be on my ignore list. You think I spent all winter laid up with a busted foot, breeding hamsters to propagate the world, just to have some arrogant hoyfaloy stuck up cacher reject my brood....pftttttttttttttttttt................... Edited February 22, 2009 by Bergie Bunch Quote Link to comment
+BBI Dragon Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Scientists have managed to harness the energy-producing power of hamsters by fitting them with tiny detector jackets. Dr Zhong Lin Wang of Georgia University's Nano Research Group developed the flexible jackets, which are fitted with wires plugged into a nanogenerator that produces energy when they are bent and stretched. In tests one hamster named Campbell's Dwarf produced small amounts of AC power – around one twentieth of the output of an AA battery. I heard about this on the radio show "Coast to Coast AM" last night. It could be just a matter of a few years before we could have cache containers with LED lights and maybe small electrical devices in them, run by hamsters with nanotech jackets. The potentuals are endless. We could even carry these special equipped critters in our pockets and wire them to our GPSr, no more batteries! Hamsters are trading swag, not energy sources. This was the old school way of thinking. But as technology and the sport of geocaching advances, hamsters can add so much more to our lives! Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 blb9556 I wonder if you'll have to list that cache as a ?Mystery, for the Additional Trading Requirement? No Hamsters? Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 K, I'm here just for one quick question. What the he77 are " Hapmsters" ??????// A Hapmster is simply a Hamster that has too much extra "P" in the middle of it. Grasp the hamster firmly in the midsection, point its back end away from you, and squeeze once, sharply. That should resolve the issue. Quote Link to comment
+emtfire10 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Just keep your hamsters down in your area, dont bring them to any of the Erie Caches LOL. Hamsters are trading swag, not energy sources. So, keep that Wang away from my signature item. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 K, I'm here just for one quick question. What the he77 are " Hapmsters" ??????// A Hapmster is simply a Hamster that has too much extra "P" in the middle of it. Grasp the hamster firmly in the midsection, point its back end away from you, and squeeze once, sharply. That should resolve the issue. OK, that one got me. I can hardly type I'm still laughing too hard. Quote Link to comment
+Bergie Bunch Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Here is the latest video of my Hamsters going caching! Quote Link to comment
+J-Way Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) Bah, hamster power is worthless. The REAL future is in BREAST POWER! Dead GPS receiver batteries will never be a problem again if you happen to have the right size "generators" connected to a battery charger. [Edit to note that the link is to Gizmodo and is completely SFW] Edited April 30, 2009 by J-Way Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Is there anything that hampsters can't do? Reach the stuff on the top shelf? Quote Link to comment
+KandDGregory Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 blb9556 I wonder if you'll have to list that cache as a ?Mystery, for the Additional Trading Requirement? No Hamsters? I think I just peed myself!! Quote Link to comment
+KandDGregory Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 blb9556 I wonder if you'll have to list that cache as a ?Mystery, for the Additional Trading Requirement? No Hamsters? I think I just peed myself!! Oh crap! I meant that reply for the one about squeezing the extra P out of the hamsters! Sorry Quote Link to comment
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