想象一下,您可以去家居仓库,并购买几百美元的设备,像搅拌机一样插入电器,并产生您的家庭需求的一部分能量,可再生且无资源。这个梦想可能只有12到18个月的商店。
曾经是西雅图Realnetworks的先驱乍得马格拉克上周在Google HQ上与工程师进行非正式谈论他的发明水母。It’s a 36-inch-tall rooftop wind turbine that you can plug into a socket in your home–no fancy setup required–and generate up to 40 kWh a month, about enough to power a home-full of LEDs or a room full of CFLs. It also comes Wi-Fi and WiMax equipped. He calls it the PC of renewable energy. “We could have 10,000 of these sitting in a city, networked—it’s like a virtual utility,” he told me. His idea is that the utility or the city will subsidize the $400 cost down to $199 or less with tax rebates. He estimates it’s 12-to-18 months from store shelves, provided it clears all safety inspections. The Jellyfish is a semi-finalist for the Google Project10到第100竞赛- 1000万美元用于帮助大多数人的5个想法。您可以看到其他条目,并从3月17日开始投票这里: