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Little Box Challenge

  • 24-07-2014 08:45PM
    #1
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Seen the article below earlier today. Thought it would be great to get a group together and have a bash at it, only to learn that it's only open to College Researchers and Students. So I'm trying to see if a group in 091 labs, Galway to get together and have a go at it.

    Any thoughts on it?

    http://classic.slashdot.org/story/14/07/22/2032241


Comments

  • #2
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Anyone interested in this at all. I know a lad building a Wind Turbine from scrap, so it may come in handy. It could be used to convert to AC then power a UPS system for later use.


  • #3
    zg3409
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭zg3409


    Itzy wrote: »
    Anyone interested in this at all. I know a lad building a Wind Turbine from scrap, so it may come in handy. It could be used to convert to AC then power a UPS system for later use.

    Firstly I do not think you would be applying unless you knew your design had a higher efficiency than current inverter designs. It is fairly simple to recreate current design types, but to increase the efficiency or reduce conversion losses is the real difficult part, as why has someone else not done it already.

    So the rules of the contest are not the main stumbling block, but improving the efficiency of an existing design or creating a whole new method is what is needed.


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