Sometimes I wonder how many sensors are really out there in a modern war zone. Sensors can now be made that run off a variety of sources such as solar, vibration, etc. I'd be surprised if the military doesn't have wind-powered sensors.
It's not hard to store data in a sensor, but not easy to get the data back "home." But one good way might be to "pool" information among a number of sensors and then have it picked up by a UAV. I like the idea of "grasshopper" sensors---sensors that hop from place to place. Seems like an efficient use of energy.
Sensors could be dropped off at one place by a UAV, disperse, gather info, and then re-converge to be picked up or debriefed by a second UAV visit. Sensors would not have to go to a pre-arranged spot---as long as they converged with each other utilizing signals. Then they could pull their resources to transmit a "find me" signal in response to a signal from the returning UAV.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
We should heat clothes, not homes and apartments.
My apartment is slightly cooler in the winter that I would make it if I had adjustable heat. I keep a space heater in my bedroom to keep that temperature perfect for me and in the other rooms I don't mind--- I just wear slightly warmer clothes.
I just pulled a long undershirt out of my freshly done laundry and put it on. It was warm and felt wonderful. I thought, "It would be great if it just stayed like this." Then I started thinking, they do make battery-heated clothing of various types such as socks for outdoor use in the winter for people like hunters. But really, if we are serious about energy conservation, we should all be wearing heated clothing at all times indoors in the winter time. It would be much more energy efficient to keep our clothes warm than to keep our rooms warm.
We would probably need to have some kind of harnesses with the heating elements--- one for shirts and one for pants for each person. Items of clothing would be swapped in and out of the harnesses. The harnesses would be on top of the clothing so as not to contact the person's body and pick up sweat smells. The harnesses would be powered by swappable rechargeable batteries.
I just pulled a long undershirt out of my freshly done laundry and put it on. It was warm and felt wonderful. I thought, "It would be great if it just stayed like this." Then I started thinking, they do make battery-heated clothing of various types such as socks for outdoor use in the winter for people like hunters. But really, if we are serious about energy conservation, we should all be wearing heated clothing at all times indoors in the winter time. It would be much more energy efficient to keep our clothes warm than to keep our rooms warm.
We would probably need to have some kind of harnesses with the heating elements--- one for shirts and one for pants for each person. Items of clothing would be swapped in and out of the harnesses. The harnesses would be on top of the clothing so as not to contact the person's body and pick up sweat smells. The harnesses would be powered by swappable rechargeable batteries.
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