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By Carl Stephenson (1893-1954) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiningen_Versus_the_Ants 1938. The short story, text...

The ant story that was all the rage back then. Leiningen Versus the Ants ( plantation, army ants, moats, fire, flooding, bitten to the...

Irukandji Syndrome I've always loved the "father of the year" story associated with it's "discovery" How Cairns doctor Jack Barnes...

Yeah, I am surprised also. Probably for money grab or something. Also, thermoelectric tech is fascinating, cos spacecraft beyond Jupiter...

Just in case some materials are found to increase efficiency from the current Peltier device.

Yup, a student built a hand heat powered torch back in 2014, and the torch needed 6 mW to power. The torch lit up, but barely. Torch...

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According to the Casio 5230 User Guide, turning the light on for 4.5 minutes will drain the battery in your watch. I did though do some...

That isn't true. The entire body puts out about 70W of heat. The surface area of a hand is probably 1% of the entire body. And...

No idea, as I am not an engineer. Probably figure out the conductivity and mass of the metal, then use Newton's Law of heating.

I was speaking rhetorically, but nice answer.

And for how long would the 6mW last, as the tube would lose cooling as hand heat warms it up, and the device in turn lose electrical...

The whole human body at normal rest/light activity generates around 100W of metabolic energy production. If all the energy production...

This sounds like the most likely hypothesis. It could be tested by comparing a bag with trapped air and a bag with all air removed. It...

Dave gets in a robotaxi. A few minutes later: "Faster, faster! I'm late for my appointment!" "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."