NHComputerGeek (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

just hook up a small electric motor to it, and have it run like a car, continuously running, and the motor is always on because it make a loop

zacandmillie (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well I don't see anything hanging off it to actaully produce the power. I suspect that drag will decrease the kinetic energy. I also wonder what noise 5 of these things on a roof would make!

Ryan23Video (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If anyone knows a page with the specs and/or where you can buy one...send me a message PLEASE

hay427 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

No its not! 3500 to power your whole house. some cost that much for 1 crappy one.

capoman1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

that design would be directional anyways.

sculptureattack (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

700 Bucks is way too much, Id bet u cound build that thing with a 2 hundred dollar trip to home depot, charger and all.

powerbuoy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

my pre-commentator is right, you'll need way more cross section to produce adequate power. That little sucker might produce 10 watts at best ... an average usage of 10000kw/h per year can never be fullfilled by that one, not by five and not by ten either ...

HiTekVagabond (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It slices, it dices ... but wait! There's more! with this tiny attachment...his invention also claims that it will make hot water for you by feeding water through the horizontal axis of the windmill.

HiTekVagabond (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm not sure this inventor even has a plant building these, much less exporting them to the US. Just because he's applied for a patent does not mean the invention works.To build one yourself, you should be able to follow his patent application. A good patent should be able to teach his invention to others skilled in the craft of building one.Google for his WIPO Patent Application WO/2008/067593 or follow this link:tinyurl . com / 694jf6 after removing all the spaces.

HiTekVagabond (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm not so quick to buy his numbers. An average household as a rule of thumb uses about 9000 kWh a year, or about 1 kW every hour. The news reporter says 5 of these will supply that. I am not so quick to buy those numbers given the small cross section of his windmill and the fact it is fixed horizontally to work with one or two major wind directions. Someone may have forgotten the capacity factor in their calculation.And yes, I see no means of collecting it.