Comments on: Steam powered iPod generator http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: arlopickens http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460800 arlopickens Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460800 Yeah, but does it make popcorn if you put it next to three other iPods? Yeah, but does it make popcorn if you put it next to three other iPods?

]]> By: Dungeonbrownies http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460550 Dungeonbrownies Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460550 Dont wanna sound like a d-bag, but i concur with willis. Most electricity comes from steam. (coal or nuclear, with a lesser amount from natural sources such as wind and solar or hydroelectric dams) Dont wanna sound like a d-bag, but i concur with willis. Most electricity comes from steam. (coal or nuclear, with a lesser amount from natural sources such as wind and solar or hydroelectric dams)

]]> By: pointfour http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460555 pointfour Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460555 I think some of you have missed Mark's sarcasm... I think some of you have missed Mark’s sarcasm…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460812 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460812 you can buy a small hand crank cell phone charger for five bucks. Why does anyone not think a small steam engine/generator set can't charge an Ipod? This is why we need steampunk, there is such a thing as technoliteracy; the knowing of what is possible through hand and tool. Or were you being arch? you can buy a small hand crank cell phone charger for five bucks. Why does anyone not think a small steam engine/generator set can’t charge an Ipod?
This is why we need steampunk, there is such a thing as technoliteracy; the knowing of what is possible through hand and tool. Or were you being arch?

]]> By: spazzm http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460561 spazzm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460561 <i>Just think if they could scale up this idea and use steam to generate electricity for entire cities!</i> Yay! We'd be able to grow oranges on Greenland, wheat on Antarctica! Just think if they could scale up this idea and use steam to generate electricity for entire cities!

Yay! We’d be able to grow oranges on Greenland, wheat on Antarctica!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460818 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460818 http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/06/how_to_build_your_own_band_aid.html http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/06/how_to_build_your_own_band_aid.html

]]> By: Connie H. http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460821 Connie H. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460821 This qualifies on my "actually powered by STEAM" neatness list for stuff alleged to be Steampunkish. This qualifies on my “actually powered by STEAM” neatness list for stuff alleged to be Steampunkish.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460591 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460591 What I want to know is the efficiency of this method - since it's basically a bigger version at the other end of the power grid anyway would you get away with putting your own coal powered generator in the basement? (Power line losses are not to be ignore It'll keep the house warm in winter anyway I'm sure. Also, I suggest everyone report their recaptcha words so it can be made into a continous written work (it's words in books that couldn't be OCR'd, so make it back into a decontextualised book): sentence seances What I want to know is the efficiency of this method – since it’s basically a bigger version at the other end of the power grid anyway would you get away with putting your own coal powered generator in the basement? (Power line losses are not to be ignore

It’ll keep the house warm in winter anyway I’m sure.

Also, I suggest everyone report their recaptcha words so it can be made into a continous written work (it’s words in books that couldn’t be OCR’d, so make it back into a decontextualised book): sentence seances

]]> By: Willis http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460596 Willis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460596 Alright, I admit, the sarcasm was a little subtle for me on a Thursday evening. Sorry, Mark, guess I'm just an Asshole. Alright, I admit, the sarcasm was a little subtle for me on a Thursday evening. Sorry, Mark, guess I’m just an Asshole.

]]> By: Michiel http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460362 Michiel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460362 What does a toy steam engine like that use to heat the water? Something like lighter fluid? What does a toy steam engine like that use to heat the water? Something like lighter fluid?

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460364 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460364 Mine just charges on the same USB connection I use to load it with music. Mine just charges on the same USB connection I use to load it with music.

]]> By: nck wntrhltr http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460366 nck wntrhltr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460366 My god, man! If the heat from the charging iPod battery can, in turn, power the boiler you may have unwittingly discovered a perpetual motion machine to solve the world's looming energy crisis! My god, man! If the heat from the charging iPod battery can, in turn, power the boiler you may have unwittingly discovered a perpetual motion machine to solve the world’s looming energy crisis!

]]> By: ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460372 ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460372 The city of Burbank is powered by a <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockmixer/3237660447/">steam electricity generating plant.</A> The city of Burbank is powered by a steam electricity generating plant.

]]> By: Akheloios http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460390 Akheloios Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460390 We need a aPod, based on the lovely Ms. Lovelace's mp3 hack for the Difference Engine. We need a aPod, based on the lovely Ms. Lovelace’s mp3 hack for the Difference Engine.

]]> By: zandar http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460391 zandar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460391 @#1: Lincoln Logs? @#1: Lincoln Logs?

]]> By: four12 http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460396 four12 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460396 @1: From the manufacturer's page, the #75 is powered with dry fuel tablets. http://www.jensensteamengines.com/hobby/h2575.htm @1: From the manufacturer’s page, the #75 is powered with dry fuel tablets.

http://www.jensensteamengines.com/hobby/h2575.htm

]]> By: Michiel http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460403 Michiel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460403 @7 Thanks! So, these then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexamine_fuel_tablet The Lincoln Logs made me laugh. @7 Thanks! So, these then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexamine_fuel_tablet

The Lincoln Logs made me laugh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-461940 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-461940 <b>We have steam power for cities, It's called nuclear power plants.</b> We have steam power for cities, It’s called nuclear power plants.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460420 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460420 mmm.... the sweet, sweet smell of coal smog! London just ain't the same without a choking miasma... ---- still, should the energy apocalypse occur, I now feel more assured that I can still listen to my mp3s.tu mmm…. the sweet, sweet smell of coal smog!
London just ain’t the same without a choking miasma…
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still, should the energy apocalypse occur, I now feel more assured that I can still listen to my mp3s.tu

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460678 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460678 Don't we already generate power this way? Fun though, I loved my steam powered model as a kid. i think i should burn down the trees in my back yard to power my Macbook :) Don’t we already generate power this way? Fun though, I loved my steam powered model as a kid. i think i should burn down the trees in my back yard to power my Macbook :)

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460480 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460480 I had one of those steam engines when I was a little nipper. I think I would appreciate it more now than when I was six. I had one of those steam engines when I was a little nipper. I think I would appreciate it more now than when I was six.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460484 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460484 LOL "Just think if they could scale up this idea and use steam to generate electricity for entire cities!" - thats how power IS generated. with coal fired steam turbines or even nuclear heated steam turbines. LOL “Just think if they could scale up this idea and use steam to generate electricity for entire cities!” – thats how power IS generated. with coal fired steam turbines or even nuclear heated steam turbines.

]]> By: spiderman0521 http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460510 spiderman0521 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460510 I had one of those too, and I loved that thing! Maybe my parents still have it somewhere! I had one of those too, and I loved that thing! Maybe my parents still have it somewhere!

]]> By: rushkoff http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460511 rushkoff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460511 How does the diode help protect the circuit? I thought diodes were little lights. Do they help buffer little surges? How does the diode help protect the circuit? I thought diodes were little lights. Do they help buffer little surges?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460521 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460521 There are a number of types of diodes; light emitting ones (L.E.Ds) are just one. There are a number of types of diodes; light emitting ones (L.E.Ds) are just one.

]]> By: trieste http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460783 trieste Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460783 "What a cool idea. Just think if they could scale up this idea and use steam to generate electricity for entire cities!" I really hate your neo-liberal utopianism. This is just like your stories of underground tunnels in cities that people travel along as well as those 'aluminum tubes' in the sky! It'll never happen! Never!! “What a cool idea. Just think if they could scale up this idea and use steam to generate electricity for entire cities!”

I really hate your neo-liberal utopianism. This is just like your stories of underground tunnels in cities that people travel along as well as those ‘aluminum tubes’ in the sky! It’ll never happen! Never!!

]]> By: Willis http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460530 Willis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460530 <I>Just think if they could scale up this idea and use steam to generate electricity for entire cities!</I> Let me introduce you to this little thing called a nuclear power plant. They're great! Ok, not really, but they do use steam to turn a generator, just like that little gizmo up there. <b>Rushkoff</b>, Diodes are an electrical component that allows current to travel in one direction, but not the other, thus protecting sensitive pieces of circuitry. A Light Emitting Diode, does the same thing, but has the side effect of releasing visible light. Just think if they could scale up this idea and use steam to generate electricity for entire cities!

Let me introduce you to this little thing called a nuclear power plant. They’re great! Ok, not really, but they do use steam to turn a generator, just like that little gizmo up there.

Rushkoff, Diodes are an electrical component that allows current to travel in one direction, but not the other, thus protecting sensitive pieces of circuitry. A Light Emitting Diode, does the same thing, but has the side effect of releasing visible light.

]]> By: bkofford http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460535 bkofford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460535 @4 Pretty much any power plant that burns a fuel or utilizes a nuclear reaction uses the resulting heat to create steam to turn turbines to generate electricity. I suspect the last sentence is actually a joke, meant to be read sarcastically. @4 Pretty much any power plant that burns a fuel or utilizes a nuclear reaction uses the resulting heat to create steam to turn turbines to generate electricity.

I suspect the last sentence is actually a joke, meant to be read sarcastically.

]]> By: teufelsdroch http://boingboing.net/2009/04/09/steam-powered-ipod-g.html#comment-460791 teufelsdroch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460791 We all remember this don't we? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPJeDssBOM It's bogus. Something about 'charge an ipod with X' fills an urban myth need. While this is at least a plausible generator, I'm gonna call bullshit. The OLD urban myth at least faked a 'charging' screen. We all remember this don’t we?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPJeDssBOM

It’s bogus. Something about ‘charge an ipod with X’ fills an urban myth need.

While this is at least a plausible generator, I’m gonna call bullshit. The OLD urban myth at least faked a ‘charging’ screen.

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