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Re: Titanium “Liquidmetal” USB Thumbdrive [4GB]

Jason Powell — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:46:32 -0000

There's an obvious problem to putting the keychain attachment on the drive itself rather than the cap: your keys remain attached to the drive. This'd be a problem if the port is in a tight place, like the back of the computer, or if you need your keys for something else while you need the drive plugged in.

I think there's an obvious solution, too: put a secure fixture on the drive that will detach via some manipulation from your keychain. Something spring-loaded and small, like a carabiner. If you had a small carabiner permanently attached to the drive that could quickly pop off your keychain (but otherwise stay reliably attached), it'd solve the problem perfectly.

Re: Titanium “Liquidmetal” USB Thumbdrive [4GB]

Jason Powell — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:46:32 -0000

Re: A Water-Powered World

Jason Powell — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:00:44 -0000

You're right--it isn't entirely clear as to what he's doing. That's not, however, his fault; it's the fault of the news report you're watching. It isn't as though a local news segment is going to explain any real science. This guy's company is for real, though, but you have to look further to see what's really happening.

He's being honest about what his company does. He's very clear that it takes electricity to make the water useful for his machine. That electricity does not come from the water, but we don't know how much (or how little) electricity it takes to change the water.

Think about his original purpose--replacing acetylene as an industrial gas. His method is safer, and it's possibly cleaner (depending on how much electricity it takes and where that energy is generated). Things are hazed over a lot (by the reporter) when it comes to the cars. None of that process is explained, except to say that it runs off gas and water. I would guess the gas is used to generate electricity, and the resulting gas from water is what's used in the engine's cylinders.

I'm no chemist or physicist, but his product sounds legitimate.

His company's site (note that his product can be purchased now--this isn't a prototype):
Hydrogen Technology Applications