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I was always under the impression that it would be cool to have solar cells or mirrors automatically follow the sun using mechanical processes like those depict
by xaedes 4y ago
I was always under the impression that it would be cool to have solar cells or mirrors automatically follow the sun using mechanical processes like those depicted in the article, without the need for additional electronics and motors.
Does something like this exist and I only don't know of it?
- carapace 4y agoWax. > A wax motor is a linear actuator device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy by exploiting the phase-change behaviour of waxes.[1] During melting, wax typically expands in volume by 5–20% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_motor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_motor