This is just an early test of concept. I think with some more R&D, I’ll be able to get it to generate electricity. My question is, if you generate power using a turbine whistle, does the carbon dioxide you exhale contribute to global warming? (I’m trying to solve a big problem here, and I don’t want to overlook any important details.)
Thanks in advance for your assistance with this project.
Best wishes,
Jerry
Hi Jerry,
This is an easy one.
Good design so far.
All you have to do is make it so the turbines have loops at the end. The loops pass through a container of soap. The motion of the spinning turbines will create bubbles and they will clean the air, not pollute it.
Tada!
You go MouseMan
Jerry, I think you’ve tweaked one too many, if you catch my meaning… 
…oh my aching sides…
I’ll take one in rosewood. 
Maybe you could attach a leaf or something so the exhaled air blows over it. That way it would absorb the CO2 and make O2!!!
Ooooo…I like that idea!!! Just make sure that it doesn’t have phosphates in it (the soap I mean). And maybe we can get it in those cool scents, like Strawberry or Buttercream.
Great looking whistle, Jerry! Is that real plastic or art plastic?
Best
Paul
Sort of reminds me of the engine I had in my first “car.”
Will O’Ban
I’m…speechless.
Hi, Nano.
Your showing up here reminded me of the old saw discussion.
I’m thinking maybe these turbine whistles could be adapted to run various power tools. Y’know … drills, saws, etc. This could be a breakthrough for places where you can’t plug in a battery charger for your cordless drill.
I think we’re making progress.
It also occurs to me that the electric generating feature could be formatted to power a microphone/amp/speaker arrangement to create a self-amplifying whistle for playing loud venues.
Best wishes,
Jerry
It also creates the possibility for busking without having to play in public (and without even having to know any tunes, for that matter).
You could feed the power generated by the turbine whistle back into the electric power grid and get paid by the electric company for the electricity you produce.
In fact, I can imagine a large cottage industry of individuals making extra money through power generation in the home. If I can get enough people to participate, it may significantly reduce our dependence on fossile fuels for electric power. Acid rain, mercury pollution in the lakes and streams, etc. will be a thing of the past.
Best wishes,
Jerry
If I may offer an environmentally friendly suggestion, you might take the example of the uilleann pipes and attach bag and bellows to it. Your power source, with about seven years’ practice, could be fairly steady and continuous.
Excellent idea, Nano.
I’ll outsource the production of that feature to Erle Bartlett. He’s already done groundbreaking work in that area. And for those who prefer a bag-driven fipple instrument instead of a bag-driven reed instrument, we can use Daniel Bingamon’s bagwhistle technology.
Best wishes,
Jerry
I remain humbly at your service, Jerry.
What comes to mind here, is the possibility of outfitting an entire Irish traditional band for electric power generation.
We’ve already identified methods for generating power that could be adapted to whistles, flutes and bagpipes. I don’t know much about concertinas, but I would have to think there’s some way the air that’s squeezed out of one of those could be harnessed to a similar personal musical turbine electric power generation apparatus (PMTEPGA).
If you applied the technology to an entire Irish traditional band and coupled it with an electric battery driven bus or van, the band could generate and store enough electricity each night to drive themselves to the next gig.
Best wishes,
Jerry
Hmmm…how might we extend the concept to, say, fiddles, bodhrans, and spoons?
I do have one concern, however.
If an entire Irish traditional band were to adopt the technology, along with Slowair’s brilliant air pollution control feature, I fear there’s a potential for an outbreak of mass violence.
You see, if a large crowd of Irish traditional music enthusiasts were to see soap bubbles rising above the band, they might think they had been misdirected to a Lawrence Welk concert and begin to riot.
It’s a sobering thought.
Best wishes,
Jerry
I wish Zubivka were here.
He would know what to do.
Best wishes,
Jerry
Oh, I don’t know. I think the bubbles would fetching. Wunnerful, wunnerful, even.