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:: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 ::

Computers to fly kites and produce energy

Bristol Kite Festival 05
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Computers to fly kites and produce energy | The News is NowPublic.com
A cunning idea for getting the most out of wind energy, anyone who flies a kite knows how you can keep it up even in very low winds by flying a figure of eight pattern, and the idea of controlling that effectively robotically is fascinating. Unfortunately the article is very slim on details of how the power is generated from doing this, except to say that "when the kites tug on the lines this turns the turbine." I'd like to see more detail there, and know if it generates enough energy to power the computer that's controlling it for a start.

A couple of my Bristol Kite Festival photos from last week appear alongside the article, but everyone else's are much better, have a look at those.

Labels: Environment, Flickr, Kites, Robots

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