John Bunting Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Interesting article in yesterday's Daily Telegraph 'Careers in Engineering' supplement, about some research at Birmingham University on a propane-fuelled micro-turbine engine. Among many possible applications for it are micro-aircraft, the size of a housefly, and battery-powered devices such as mobile phones. If that's likely, then it's a fair bet that there will be applications in the hobby market as well in due course. Related work in nanotechnology is also being done at other universities, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, and QinetiQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myron Beaumont Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 John Have you seen the latest on spinelectrons ? There is the future I reckon .( Doesn't get much smaller does it ? ) It was on the BBC website/ science/technology article yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Bunting Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Yes indeed Eric. I begin to think, these days, how small do we need to go! I've just bought a 4-channel 'Corona' receiver, roughly 35 x 15 x 7 mm, weight about 5 grams. Really big, of course, compared to what's used for some indoor models! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bunting Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Myron. Further to yours of 27th, 'Spintronics' seems to be the buzz word for it! 0 or 1, up or down, alive or dead, like Schrodinger's Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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