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This statistic makes no sense. Electricity is measured in watts per unit of time--3kilowatts/hour for example. Will this device power 70 lightbulbs for 1 second, 1 hour, 1 day?

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Yes. It does makes perfect sense actually, idiot.

If electricity is measured in watts per hour, then logically the device would be powering the bulbs per hour, each hour, as long as it is running. ]]>Apr 23rd 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
No need to go all physicsey on this one, but what is a watt per unit time? 1 Watt = 1 J per second, so you're proposing 1 Watt per second = 1 J per second squared? The acceleration of energy?

Electricity is measured in watts multiplied by time. Hence, kW.h or Kilowatt hours...]]>Apr 24th 2008 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/]]>Apr 24th 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 24th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 24th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
though admittedly, this is a very cool device. anything that allows me to make others drink my pee, i'm in.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/

Obviously the only douchebag is your dad for letting the condom break. ]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 24th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
Cow manure is used as a heat source to distill the water. The excess heat is then used to make a sterling engine power a generator.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!]]>Apr 23rd 2008 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/16/technology/business2_futureboy0216/index.htm

The filtration system needs to be paired with a power source, so this could come as a set with his other invention. Engadget, and the site that they link to, and the site that that site links to, combined two seperate inventions. Notice in the clip there is no mention of power. Try following the link trail, this story has been around, and around and around.]]>Apr 24th 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 25th 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 24th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 24th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.ibotnow.com/about-ibot.html
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HAHA...not even close, 70 energy-efficient lightbulbs use about as much energy as an electric kettle boiling a litre of water from room temperature once....]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
Alternately, by your example, it could provide both the water and power for an entire family's afternoon tea.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 24th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 24th 2008 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
Neither is a new technology, but if he has managed to shrink them down into a box that that size, and it gets the claimed results for real, that's some sweet engineering.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
I would love to see this device in action (as in, not hooked up on the set of a Comedy Central TV show), as I admire and respect Mr. Kamen a great deal. Even if this is "only" an extremely efficient power generator and water purifier, it is still an outstanding invention. Like the Segway, though, I think this might be getting too much hype right out the gate, setting itself up for failure when everybody realizes it doesn't really cure cancer and abolish income tax.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 23rd 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.redferret.net/?p=10222. But, this wasn't news, but rather a mini notes-to-self book report. Nothing new about the Slingshot on his DEKA Research website, http://www.dekaresearch.com/. In other words, no new news here, and none since his appearance on Colbert. Amy I missing anything? I'd love to learn more...]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
I'd like to know more about how it runs on cow dung, and what else would it run on? (wood, charcoal?)

How does it clean the water without filters or chemicals,etc?

How much power does it put out?

Are there moving parts? It looks robust, is it?]]>Apr 23rd 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/16/technology/business2_futureboy0216/index.htm]]>Apr 23rd 2008 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
This also needs to be funded by our government, purchased, and distributed (under supervision) to parts of the world that are suffering from a lack of clean drinking water.

If this thing does sell and makes a difference, then i think he might be getting a few awards.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/
No. If the government undertook this, I can guarantee you that it would be millions - if not billions - of dollars over budget, half the budget will have been spent to build bridges in some Congressman's district, the other half will have been used to pay off some lobbyists, the units won't work properly, they won't be delivered until three years after they're due, and when they are delivered, it will turn out that we've actually delivered some warheads or something by mistake.]]>Apr 24th 2008 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean-kamen-aims-to-clean-water-generate-electricity-with-slings/Apr 24th 2008 1:21PM