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Scientists generate power at night by passively beaming heat into outer space. It’s like solar cells in reverse

UC Davis engineers created a simple Stirling engine that generates nighttime electricity by converting Earth’s infrared heat ...
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DIY Stirling Engine: Power LED Lights with a Simple Spray Can Build!

Discover how to build a simple DIY Stirling engine powered by heat from candles using an empty spray can and pen components. This step-by-step guide demonstrates how to construct the engine, build a ...
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Mechanical power by linking Earth’s warmth to space

Engineers at UC Davis have invented a device that can generate mechanical power at night by linking the natural warmth around us to the cold depths of space. The invention could be used, for example, ...
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heat engine

The model Stirling engine is a staple of novelty catalogues, and we daresay that were it not for their high price there might be more than one Hackaday reader or writer who might own one. All is not ...
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stirling engine

Over on his YouTube channel [Tom Stanton] shows us how to build a Stirling Engine for a bike. A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and contraction of a working fluid (such as ...