At 01:40 PM 10/20/00, you wrote:
>I recall a long time ago seeing an article on experimental devices that take
>advantage of the action of waves to generate electricity. I don't know
>exactly how they work, but perhaps a moving coil/magnet assembly attached to
>a balanced arm which would conceivably generate small amounts of electricity
>as the waves cause it to move.

Yes, it's a pretty old concept. Remember the watches that never needed
winding? They had little off-balance weight and some other mechanics in
them and your daily hand movements would cause the unit to maintain enough
charge for keeping time.

Now most of the big watch companies are selling new $$$$ versions of these
watches and advertising the technology as if it's a miraculous new
breakthrough. Granted I don't know how the new mechanisms work, but as I
say, the idea has been in use for a LONG time.

I think this could work nicely on a little watercraft bouncing around in
the waves.

Kris

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