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GT40FIED · 10-22-2004, 07:40 PM

You'd be amazed how small motors get. We had an assignment in my auto fundamentals class my first semester here to find the world's smallest internal combustion engine. Turns out it's a rotary engine about the size of a penny being developed at (if memory serves me) UC Berkley as a battery of sorts. Their prototpye produced enough power to run a laptop for about 3-4 hours on a shot glass full of butane or similar gas and had zero emissions (unless you count water vapor). They were looking to double it's power output and efficiency.

10-22-2004, 07:40 PM	#5
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	You'd be amazed how small motors get. We had an assignment in my auto fundamentals class my first semester here to find the world's smallest internal combustion engine. Turns out it's a rotary engine about the size of a penny being developed at (if memory serves me) UC Berkley as a battery of sorts. Their prototpye produced enough power to run a laptop for about 3-4 hours on a shot glass full of butane or similar gas and had zero emissions (unless you count water vapor). They were looking to double it's power output and efficiency. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika