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    A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    Dude! I have to go try this...
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    Image of Alex Widener Alex Widener
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    the article for some reason says 1,301 flourescents. it's 831. it says it on the site.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/09/09

    @Alex Widener: It's the metric to Imperial conversion.
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    That's a lot of buried Jedi!
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    Wonder how long it takes for the power company to show up and bill the property owner for all the siphoned electricity. I've heard of it happening before, when someone built a barn or shed near high-tension power lines and put spools of romex that were adjusted to supply standard household voltage to his house. They noticed an unexplained drop in power on those lines, figured out where it was happening, and then discovered _why_ it was happening. It's a known phenomenon, and it's still legally their power until you pay for it.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/09/09

    @Purple Dave: Didn't Mythbusters

    (almost) bust that? You have to get awfully close and would be very obvious with a huge structure so close to the lines.

    [videos.howstuffworks.com]
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    Image of hopskipper hopskipper
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    Anyone worried about all the EMFs juicing up our bodies? In addition to electricity, we have cell phones and wifi coursing through our bodies every minute. Looking forward to 30 years from now when everyone realizes how bad it is. Children of Men world here we come!
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    04/09/09

    @hopskipper: i didn't want kids anyway. no skin off my uterus.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/09/09

    @geekgrrl: I want to use that line a lot.


    If you could guarantee sterility instead of cancer, this would be much more popular. Talk about your wireless mobile hotspots.

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    Image of paqman paqman
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    Ok, we've got scientists harnessing power from nano-particles in our clothing and everything else under the sun, but we haven't figure out a way to harvest all this extra power floating around under the power lines?
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    04/09/09

    @paqman:


    It isn't "extra", and yes, we know how to harvest it.


    Midwest ranchers have been setting up antennas to leech this power from lines crossing their land for years, and the courts have deemed it legal - it's effectively "broadcast" and therefore free to take. The power companies generally have to buy it back, if you draw enough...

    -Kle.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/09/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: i was under the impression it wasn't legal.
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    Image of DARSFOG DARSFOG
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    What is the rehash of old stories lately... i think gizmodo had something on the apple EULA that has been around since Itunes first started. And now this???

    I feel it is 2004 all over again.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    04/09/09

    @DARSFOG: Light sabers are eternal. EULAS, unfortunately, seem to be eternal as well.
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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    That looks really , really cool.
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    Image of Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    [digg.com]


    Dugg!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/09/09

    @Brian O'Malley: I usually use the Digg icon below every story to Digg articles.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/09/09

    @VideoOrItDidn'tHappen_GitEmSteveDave: That really is the preferred method, Brian.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    Using fluorescent tubes for your lightsaber battles can only end badly. Uh, so I'm told.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/09/09

    @cletar: The stuff inside those tubes will give you cancer. I had a friend, used to eat the glass from those bulbs in the circus. He died.


    From Cancer?


    No, he was hit by a bus.

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    Image of shaithis shaithis
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    Seems like they could harness this reaction for a supplemental energy farm.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/09/09

    @shaithis: Mythbusters tried it, and the amount of power able to be recovered is minimal. I'm guessing since this is English, the lines carry more juice for their 240v power.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/09/09

    @VideoOrItDidn'tHappen_GitEmSteveDave: it's also stealing. once the power recovered becomes useful it also becomes measureable on the transmission lines.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    04/09/09

    @shaithis: tetracycloide's right, the energy does not come from nowhere. Once you switched your farm on, the energy company would come knocking.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    04/09/09

    In reply to A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity
    If it were lightsabres, the hum would drive me nuts.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    04/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: *WHOOM WHOOM WHOOM*


    "Goddamnit I hate it when it's windy!"

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Normal fluorescent lights still hum. They do drive me nuts when it's all quiet.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/09/09

    @Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity: Same here. 1000 of them in a field would be pretty loud. Argh.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    04/09/09

    @Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity: It's like the hum of angels, as Ned would say.
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