It's called a Wave Disk Generator; kindof a powered supercharger. One, (1), moving part which drives a generator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_disk_engine

While "new" engines and huge promises are a dime a dozen, the fact this is being done in a university setting with a sound peer-reviewed theoretical basis, adds a lot of credence to the reports.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...in-a-spin.html

Their lab is a mile from where I'm sitting.

 

interesting

 

^ very

 

I thought I made a post about this "shockwave engine": a little while ago.




apparently i forgot to do it. heres a video with the man himself

http://youtu.be/uf_-IMgla34

 

I thought I made a post about this "shockwave engine": a little while ago.




apparently i forgot to do it. heres a video with the man himself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf_-I...yer_detailpage

can't help thinking that if he were a tad bit younger, this might be called a wave motion engine

 

Hmm time for a new engine swap project.