Gadget Freak Case 143: Tesla Turbine Creates Liquid Electricity

If your electricity fails in a post-apocalyptic world, youcan use water pressure to generate electricity. Travis Lipstein and fellowstudents in a mechatronics class at Colorado State University used a Teslaturbine - based on the work of Nikola Tesla in the early 1900s - to turn waterinto electricity. The water pressure forces a shaft in the turbine to rotate.The rotating shaft is connected to a generator. The water flow around the turbineis controlled by valves. The rotational speed is communicated to the user via aLCD interface on the system's control panel, which lets the user know whensufficient power is being generated by the turbine.
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