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Douglas S. Oliver
Department of Anthropology
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
e-mail: douglaso@citrus.ucr.edu
or: dsoliver@earthlink.net
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- To: Ray Kremer <rkremer@BRADLEY.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Finger power?
- From: "Douglas S. Oliver" <dsoliver@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 00:16:31 -0800
- References: <CALC-TI%1998030302054546@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Silly man! It's clear: Hook a bunch of people together in series. Ray Kremer wrote: > Just pay the $3.00 for a stupid set of batteries. I haven't heard about > that CD player, but I really don't see how you could boost this "body > current" to 6 volts. Remember, watts are constant, so increasing volts > would be at the cost of amps. The closest thing I've heard of is that > watch that gains energy when you move your arm. > > >Here is a crazy idea for those who want to save batteries. Your body is a > >salt bridge and conducts a small amount of electricity, right? Okay, what > >if we created a small device that connects two wires to the sides of your > >pinky finger and boosted the output from your body to 6 volts to power your > >calc? -- Douglas S. Oliver Department of Anthropology University of California Riverside, CA 92521 e-mail: douglaso@citrus.ucr.edu or: dsoliver@earthlink.net
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