Play with the Machine » energy http://www.machinelake.com Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 Water-powered turbine generator idea: Strait Power http://www.machinelake.com/2011/02/08/water-powered-turbine-generator-idea-strait-power/ http://www.machinelake.com/2011/02/08/water-powered-turbine-generator-idea-strait-power/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:11:39 +0000 gavin http://www.machinelake.com/?p=87596805 Strait Power Shark illustration

“designed originally as his senior project at the college for creative studies in the united states, industrial designer anthony reale’s ’strait power’ provides a highly efficient redesign of water-powered turbine generators.”

Strait Power Rendering

“realized, tested, and archived over 130 days, the project involved 711 hours of production work and 200 testing hours, as well as 95,000 USD worth of private and in-kind donations, composed primarily of milling machine time at the college for creative studies and testing time and parts from the university of michigan.”

“the team calculated that the prototype already improves power output of a single turbine blade by 40%, a figure reale expects to improve in later versions.”

But come on, why didn’t he just call it Shark Power? Check out the video too.

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