Tuesday October 2, 2001

Today's mystery picture is the "naughty child" which you should click on to find out the details. I can give you a hint: energy. There are a few energy related stories rolling around today. One of interest comes from Applied Digital solutions, who announced their new micro-energy generator technology. These little ceramic disks can create a volt and a half from body heat. Current output is quite low, probably sufficient for a wristwatch, and you'd probably have to cover your body with a few hundred to power an MP3 player or PDA. If you are the worrying type you can wonder if it's possible to turn up the bass on your MP3 player to high and accidentally get hypothermia.