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Fabrizio

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  1. Hmm, its been some years already when I came across those projects and have lost my bookmarks from that time.. and with a quick searching now couldnt find those sites yet. 
    You can find some videos from youtube.. but these are way less advanced that I saw already years back. 

     

    This guy has a couple of prototypes based on strings that is similar to the early versions that were discussed in some of those forums:

     

    This one looks very much like a prototype that was in planning stages back in the day:

     

    One prototype I havent seen before:



    I'll try to dig deeper to find those sites when I have more time :)
  2. What happened with Nitinol?

     

    It's mostly used in medical, military and space industry, otherwise its prettymuch "flying under the radar" so to speak. There is companies you can order it from, but not surprisingly its pretty expensive :I

    Ive seen some people and groups working on it independently for energy devices and even doing it "open source" on forums :) This is kinda not surprising neither, since theres not much funding for it cuz most of the use cases are pretty broadly patented decades ago, heh. 

    Just a couple of patents related to engines/energy devices:

    Variable density heat engine, US 4027479 A (7 Jun 1977)

    Heat engine, US 4397151 A (22 Mar 1982)

    A Single wire nitinol engine, US 4450686 A (Mar 21, 1983)

    Linear output nitinol engine, US 4450686 (Jan 14, 1986)

    Laterally oscillating nitinol engine, US 4691517 A (Nov 12, 1986)

  3. Yup, healthy amount of skepticism is always good to have, since certainly there is a lot of elaborate hoaxes out there.. especially in youtube :P

    However, to me it sounds there is something to few of the tech... some of these inventors have apparently filed patents, but then just been "taken down" or sabotaged/harassed out of the scene by the big power companies or governments. Some patent filings has gotten rejected, since there were already similar patents out there from decades ago, held by these big corps (usually oil companies). Few of them inventors have also died in.. shady, to say the least.. circumstances :P

    Bet then... some of this tech seems to be in use nowdays.

     

    Here's one that's been used by todays tech giants:

     

    Article in Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/the-bloom-box-a-power-plant-for-the-home-video/

    Article in CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bloom-box-an-energy-breakthrough-18-02-2010/

    Article in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_Energy_Server

  4. [Hangout #6]
    When - ?
    Where - Mumble, server: mumble.freicoinalliance.com | IRC, channel: #Freicoin (@freenode)
    Duration - ?
    Topics - Freieconomy, basic income, common aims, +++++

    - - - - -

     

    Would be a great time to catch up with some of the project stuff and to get opinions from people on which projects/aims would be the most beneficial to concentrate on together.. so.. would people be free during this week to participate in a hangout? :)

  5. Just some quick comments :)

    I agree / also think that the federal reserves statistics are totally skewed :P But I guess they still could be used for starters if needed.

    I also would see it more probable that there were no barter or a value measurement before "money" was invented ;) This is something that is ~promoted by Ubuntu Liberation Movement too.
    Of course, there probably was some kind of record keeping between individuals or groups when needed.. something like "I help you for 9 hours today to finish building your house, you'll help me in the next week for 9 hours with my farming". I guess that could be called debt :)

  6. Alright, that makes a bit more sense :)

    So yeah, I think the students project was in line with the Freicoin values as it was a learning experience for them :) However, there is the fact that we as lenders "gained" some Freicoins from the loan due to the coins USD value going down... I wonder how this should be taken into account in the matching? Original amount we lent out would be matched?

  7. Hemp apparel by a small Finnish brand:

    http://en.rcm.mycashflow.fi/

    "RCM products are made of fabrics made of 55% hemp and 45% organic cotton. RCM’s goal is to offer a more ecological and ethical choice for the street wear audience.
    RCM products are designed in Finland and produced with careful attention to the detail and design in China. Products are made in a factory specialized in producing eco-friendly products of natural materials, such as hemp and organic cotton."
    More info on the production: http://en.rcm.mycashflow.fi/page/22/production

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