worlds smallest engine to replace batteries

[luv2luvlong]

http://maximumtorque.blogspot.com/2009/05/smallest-petrol-engine.html

[gimlet]

Interesting

[Masscre]

very nice find imagine your cell phone running off of processed oil.

[Freddy]

very nice find imagine your cell phone running off of processed oil.

we'd be invading a lot more countries

[MeWonUo]

That's pretty cool.  I remember hearing of something like this a handful of years back when I was running a cellular phone retailer.

Anyone care to take bets on how long it takes before Duracel gets a 5 million dollar lawsuit because one of these blows up in someones pocket and burns their leg hairs?? 

[Masscre]

I was in a shop around houston several years back and they had a cell phone battery recharger that ran off of butane, just made me wonder if it worked off the same principal now.

[manwinc]

LOL, i reading this from my colleges mechanical engineering department. Too funny.

[gimlet]

I intend to talk about it in class (thermodynamics) tomorrow. The problem is a fair % of this is hype since it all boils down to energy content and rate of fuel utilization by the motor.