hey rob, james, all

greetings from ecuador.

quick email just to say i have sent a mini blurb to some manchester groups
regarding a possible 5v and beyond workshop. will keep you posted

vx

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:58 PM, James Wallbank <james@???> wrote:

> Hello Rob,
>
> This sounds like an excellent idea. We are currently booting up Refab
> Space, and there will be lovely workshop facilities, as well as media lab
> facilities, within a couple of months.
>
> John Moseley, our fablab technician, is a whizz with energy harvesting -
> he's already built devices which work with DEAD batteries - when they are
> apparently out of energy they still have residual charge.
>
> Maybe we should talk more about resourcing the event. If we have a number
> of people traveling here, it would be best to get a bit of resource to
> cover transport and some facilities costs etc. Have you suggestions where
> this could come from?
>
> Let's talk more about this off-list. And anyone listening - if you want to
> finance a very cool "5 volt House" seminar, let us know!
>
> Best regards,
>
> James
> =====
>
>
> On 06/03/12 15:53, Rob van Kranenburg wrote:
>
>> 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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