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Monday, April 04, 2011

Wind power without turbines?

Very interesting engineering idea:
http://blogs.cornell.edu/ccsf/2010/12/22/francis-moons-turbine-free-wind-power/

See also:
Vibrowind
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/may10/vibrowind.html

http://www.windtech-international.com/articles/vibro-wind-energy-technology-for-architectural-applications

Video of student test unit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AEfYR4EWEI
Posted by Jay Moynihan at 10:50 AM
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