World's smallest engine

[Trei, Peter]

Great, an micro Wankel engine.

Did anyone else share my first thought, that this
would be just right as the power source for a laptop
version of Babbage's Analytical Engine? (My second
thought was that an itty-bitty steam engine would be
more appropriate).

I wonder what the limiting factor would be? I suspect
that the cube/squared law is involved - as the parts
get smaller they cool down too quickly to operate as
an engine.

Peter Trei


> Subject: 	World's smallest engine
>
>     Way cool tiny rotary engine for powering computers,
> whatever.
>
> http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2001/04/02_engin.html
>
> --
> Harmon Seaver, MLIS