On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Dr. Chris Kirtley wrote:

> I'd love to be corrected, but I get a bit fed up with everyone telling
> me that it's possible when it ain't!

I'm way outside of my experience boundaries here, but I suspect the failures for
the other methods are because they lack the proper material and/or apparatus
suitable for the energy conversion. I had the opportunity to experiment with a
material that was quite suited for the job. Even if I knew it's properties, I
wouldn't be at liberty to discuss them. I can only mention their existance since
that is "public knowledge" (if of course, you're associated with the right
public - or republic, whichever the case may be). Suffice it to say, that there
are materials that are flexible and capable of converting mechanical energy to
electrical energy (with the coercing assistance of clever electronics). Piezo
materials are an example, but orders of magnitude too stiff. I'm sure you may
have examples of others that are much more flexible, but their conversion
efficiencies are much too low.

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