Richard_Griffiths
18-04-2011, 09:23 PM
RC car runs on soda can rings, Doc Brown approves (video)
By Jesse Hicks (http://www.oople.com/editor/jesse-hicks)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif (http://www.oople.com/editor/jesse-hicks/rss.xml) posted Apr 17th 2011 1:29PM
Video can be found here
http://vimeo.com/20311112
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/04/delorean.jpg
Many a future engineer was inspired by Back to the Future (http://www.engadget.com/tag/back+to+the+future)'s Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, and not just because he proved that unkempt eccentrics could truly change the world. No, he also pioneered Mr. Fusion, the coffee maker/cold fusion reactor that turned garbage into energy (http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/army-generators-turn-garbage-into-energy-energy-into-freedom/). And while we're still waiting for cold fusion (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/) and time travel (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/19/theorists-get-us-closer-to-believing-time-travel-is-possible-via/) to become a reality, today we're all one step closer to waste-powered cars. A pair of Spanish engineers have recently unveiled the dAlH2Orean (see what they did there?), a R/C car that runs on aluminum. Dropping a few soda can tabs into a tank of sodium hydroxide produces enough hydrogen to power the little speedster for 40 minutes – at almost 20mph. Hit the video above to see it in action, along with your daily helping of the Chemical Brothers. Fitting.
Copy and pasted from engaget
By Jesse Hicks (http://www.oople.com/editor/jesse-hicks)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif (http://www.oople.com/editor/jesse-hicks/rss.xml) posted Apr 17th 2011 1:29PM
Video can be found here
http://vimeo.com/20311112
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/04/delorean.jpg
Many a future engineer was inspired by Back to the Future (http://www.engadget.com/tag/back+to+the+future)'s Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, and not just because he proved that unkempt eccentrics could truly change the world. No, he also pioneered Mr. Fusion, the coffee maker/cold fusion reactor that turned garbage into energy (http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/army-generators-turn-garbage-into-energy-energy-into-freedom/). And while we're still waiting for cold fusion (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/) and time travel (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/19/theorists-get-us-closer-to-believing-time-travel-is-possible-via/) to become a reality, today we're all one step closer to waste-powered cars. A pair of Spanish engineers have recently unveiled the dAlH2Orean (see what they did there?), a R/C car that runs on aluminum. Dropping a few soda can tabs into a tank of sodium hydroxide produces enough hydrogen to power the little speedster for 40 minutes – at almost 20mph. Hit the video above to see it in action, along with your daily helping of the Chemical Brothers. Fitting.
Copy and pasted from engaget