Hello James,

Shall we set up a quick and dirty seminar on this at Access Space?, May or
June?

5volt
energy harvesting
powerscavenging
......

I will try to peddle in :)

Greetings, Rob


> Hello Rob,
>
> Of course, with the 5 volt house, you have a question of whether the
> electricity needs to be a single system at all. We're used to the idea
> of a house having a 220 volt ring main. But with distributed electricity
> generation (solar trickle cells, flow turbines, sterling engines, ground
> source heat pumps...) each room might have independent power - and its
> own storage capacitors to retain the excess. would it even be necessary
> to interconnect the rooms?
>
> Wireless IoT communication could allow the house to be aware of its
> located energy reserves. Perhaps your phone would be able to say "charge
> me in the bedroom, not the study".
>
> While this introduces all sorts of technical and practical challenges,
> it could be interesting to think about - maybe in terms of more marginal
> or precarious lifestyles than "Typical EU Residents". These sorts of
> approach could be applicable to nomadic people.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> James
> =====
>
> On 06/03/12 11:34, Rob van Kranenburg wrote:
>> Hi James,
>>
>> Brilliant!
>>
>> The 5volt plan will live next to your zerodollar laptop, how feasible is
>> this? Where could we start?
>>
>> Could milkymist.org be a base for open source home appliances like
>> oswash.org?
>>
>> Greetings, Rob
>>
>>
>>
>>> (1)We should remain critical while we investigate.
>>>
>>> (2) Perhaps a better way to examine a "slice" of IoT would be not a
>>>
>> physical location, but a "day in the life" of IoT.
>>
>>
>>> (3) I have a suggestion for the IoT House - how about abandoning 220
>>> volt (or 110 volt) electricity supply altogether and replace all power
>>> outlets with 5 volt USB outlets in the walls?
>>>
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