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To: Saturnalia
"Third, a more promising concept involves a battery system that generates power from the movement of the soldier (specifically in the boots)."

Two other ideas that just popped into my head: use a gas-operated generator (pressurize a chamber when a round is fired, and then meter out the stored gas to run a mini-turbine/generator), or, use the "Polaroid SX-70 Solution" -- put a battery in every magazine, and give it enough capacity to run several (10 or more) magazines of ammunition. (The overkill will compensate for reduced output due to age or temperature, and also allow several hasty reloads from stripper clips in the field.)

74 posted on 07/27/2002 11:32:53 AM PDT by Don Joe
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To: Don Joe
As for #1, I believe some of that energy is used to chamber the next round.
As for #2, it is so farking obvious it will never happen :D
76 posted on 07/27/2002 11:48:43 AM PDT by Saturnalia
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