i had no idea
dean kamen
has been
talking about
his long-rumoured
stirling engine
development project:
“According to the Web site for Kamen’s Manchester-based
company DEKA, the Stirling Engine has always had high potential for
thermodynamic efficiency, but has been plagued with problems, such
as limitation of materials. But technical advances over the last
150 years have allowed all aspects of the engine to be modernized,
turning it into “a high performance, high output, efficient machine
of the 21st century.””
[ via
john robb
]