Can we build a Micro-Air Vehicle or MAV, which uses vibrational energy from directed sound waves to create advantages in flying characteristics? Did you know that NASA built a little MAV powered by a laser, but it could have easily been powered by sound or vibrational energy the way the design looked from the picture?
There could be something to that and it would seem when designing smart dust flying communication MEMS using nodes and motes that it should be able to use this same method on a very small scale. We know vibrational energy can be used thru acoustic transducers to makes such things possible; here is another off subject topic and theory of mine:
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Should we consider designing dragonfly size robotic MAVs to fly around and use vibrational sound energies to increase efficiency and perhaps even fully propel them? Can it even be possible? Is it worthy of our time and research dollars to try? Currently the NASA SATS program is looking for ways increase performance and safety in private aircraft and bring private air travel too the masses and this could be one way to do just that. Well, I believe it is and I am most certain it can be done. Perhaps we should consider this in 2006.
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We have all heard tales of futuristic cars, which run on hydrogen and the exhaust is water vapor. We have heard of cars, which can run of fuels that we grow. We have even heard of super break thru innovations such as flying cars and even cars powered by the wind. Well when can we see these technologically advanced marvels in automobile design? Well recently an online think tank has been discussing the potential for a wind powered car and a reporter from the UK, Laura has asked us do we think wind-powered cars are really possible and well; “If so, by what sort of date?”
With some benefit of prize money like the X-Prize or the DARPA Grand Challenge Series, I believe it would be sooner than later to see hybrid after market components able to attach to current cars, which would in effect be; Wind-Assisted Powered Hybrid Automobiles. There is potential in the future for a “Pure” wind-powered car of course and there is enough technology now to bring this to market relatively soon.
It makes sense that if the US and other nations will develop a separate “Experimental Class” of vehicles for garage tinkerers then you will see kit cars available as soon as the law goes into affect. In other words we could have wind-assisted cars within a year or two. And we could have “pure” wind cars in less than five years. What we need is a law releasing liability to the owner to prevent class action lawsuits for finish products liabilities you see. Just like we see with the EAA class experimental aircraft. Hey isn’t that where Burt Rutan and company started? Interesting indeed isn’t it; well, then consider this by late 2006.
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A very smart gentleman and futurist ask today if we could build barges to make hydrogen fuel for cars? Put them in the ocean and let them make hydrogen near transfer terminals to put into the distribution system so we could deliver it to gas stations to put in cars and trucks. Could it really be that easy? Indeed, sure that works, have Desalination system prior to hydrogen separation collection system and merely release the oxygen there?
Meanwhile we could put it on barges or even empty oil platforms near shore, which are not being used? Oil companies wouldn’t mind using these rusting assets still on the books. The whole thing could be run off of wind power claimed the Futurist or even ocean wave generation too. So it would be self generation enabled and that makes sense too. You see the 15 knot onshore breeze could power wind turbines and wave energy is easy. Sure sounds good. Speaking of which and wind generation:
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Wave generation;
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All this technology is available now, no problem. Regarding the barge, oil platform Hydrogen from water separation and collection we could then release the oxygen by blowing it into a straw with massive grids of roots and put the oxygen back into the water to help the decay of sea life and de-oxygenated water causing dead zones.
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The discharge oxygen grid would encompass the tidal flows, which are natural, oxygen would go into both incoming and outgoing tides. Let the ocean spread it around. Lets kill 50 birds with one stone, not just one or two? Wow, my futurist friend is a smart guy indeed, just think we could really save the environment in so many ways? Consider all this in 2006.
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One of the goals in creating autonomous artificial intelligent robotic androids is to send them off on a mission, without human assistance and have that Mission completed perfectly 100 percent of the time. Or is close to one or percent as humanly possible considering the black belt theory of six Sigma. But if we are to send off one or more robotic androids to complete a task, then they must also learned to work together as a team. That of course is not as easy as it sounds, although it is being considered in universities in robotic competitions across America, using swarm theory.
This is all well and good, however a true artificial intelligent android, which are the most part will be modeled after human thought may not use the same methods of bonding as humans do when they unite in a common cause or a team effort to complete a task, win a game or accomplish a goal. We see in nature higher order animals of prey, which work together, hunt together and remain socially united. Robotic autonomous artificial intelligent androids will also need to be programmed for self-preservation, preservation of the group and teamwork. That is to say not only must be assigned themselves tasks, based on their memory, experiences and observations in the various previous tasks which they have performed, but they must also allow themselves to be assigned tasks by other team member androids or give orders in tasks to their fellow robotic artificial intelligent androids in order to complete the Mission.
Although this may sound obvious from an abstract standpoint, it is hardly any easy programming task, but one that must be fulfilled in done correctly if we are to have and send robotic artificial intelligent androids to do our bidding, accomplish goals and complete tasks with accuracy and without the mistakes. Sending in a team of robots out to accomplish a task, when all the details are not known, means the team must think together in a group, evaluate the situation and act decisively. I do hope that you will consider this in 2006.
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