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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 9:12AM (Unverified) said

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hmmm.......this defeats the purpose of console gaming.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 9:40AM (Unverified) said

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wii station...he he he
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 9:51AM (Unverified) said

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this seems to be posted before..
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 9:57AM AirIntake said

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1/10th? That's BS. You need >100% for it to be any good. You need 100% to run the Wii, plus more to charge batteries for when the sun goes down. The goal should be to be able to run the Wii around the clock.

They should drop the HD TV, since that's completely useless for the Wii, and spend $600 on a 60+W solar panel, and then another $100 on an extra battery.
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Posted: Mar 28th 2007 7:24PM (Unverified) said

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BS? im amazed at how negative and critical people are towards others work.

but i suppose its acceptable since youve built a better one of these.

you havent? oh. my mistake.

i think its a nice project. unsure how useful it would be (i dont play much wii outside), but still.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 10:27AM (Unverified) said

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This... is kind of silly, since direct sunlight kills the remote sensor and makes it all loopy.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 10:39AM AirIntake said

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@adam

Actually, I do design shit like that for a living. But instead of a Wii, I use industrial computers that monitor remote oil wells.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 11:01AM (Unverified) said

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This article (almost exactly) was already posted before.

Lame.

Also, this isn't really news... All they did was use a coloar panel to charge a battery, and then essentially run the Wii and TV off of the battery for the most part. Sure, the panel powers the little power for the wii, but the TV drains plenty.

You could have this same setup and replace "Wii" with anything.

Stupid.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 11:03AM AirIntake said

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@Neal

For once I agree with you.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 11:50AM (Unverified) said

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AirIntake 1:0 adam
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 12:07PM (Unverified) said

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@ AirIntake

so... should we hug or something? haha

Also, my post should say "solar" not "coloar"

How the hell did that even happen?
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 12:10PM (Unverified) said

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So, to sum up this article...

"Guy finds out how to charge battery with soloar power, even though this has already been done, but then he used the battery to power Wii and tv, successfully accomplishing nothing at all but using up time on things already known how to do"

If I come up with a PS3/360 soloar powered thingie, will I get my name on Joystiq?

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Posted: Apr 12th 2007 4:41AM (Unverified) said

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Now what happens at night? Huh! Can someone please tell me what happens at night?
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 12:12PM (Unverified) said

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Now what happens at night? Huh!? Can someone please tell me what happens at night?
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 12:36PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah it's basically the same solar principle applied everywhere. Solar power charges battery (when use is standby), or fraction of the power (when in use). Item still needs supplemental power if battery is drained. This is how the solar panels for houses work, it's not replacing the Power Plant, it's easing the load off it.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 1:50PM hvnlysoldr said

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I think this was on here before but didn't mention the price to make it. The HDTV is superfluous and a cheaper solution would be an EDTV or regular SDTV. The solar panel should be redesigned so it can provide much more power to the station at least half if not more than whole. The sensor obviously works enough with sunlight.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 4:48PM (Unverified) said

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.... what about the wiimote ?

How come no one thought of that ??? XD
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Posted: Mar 27th 2007 5:20PM AirIntake said

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Since the sensor bar works using IR, it would (probably) be impossible to use it outside with sunlight. The sun puts out more IR than the sensor bar, and the Wiimote would (probably) focus on it rather than the sensor bar.

But I don't have a Wii and haven't tried it so I can't say for sure.
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