Imagine a cube that generates electricity

[olekosun]

I had this weird brain fart today.

A dedicated cuber spends at LEAST 3-4 hours cubing, a day. What if there was a cube that generates electricity for every spin you do? We'd create lots of electricity cubing for hours a day.

Would that be possible?
Did someone ever think of the idea?

I guess I'm off applying for a patent.

 

[aronpm]

There was already a thread about an article about this idea. I did the math (and although there were mistakes, my answer should not be off by more than one order of magnitude) and the power generated is not feasible.

 

[bamboocha]

Use the search function:

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?p=364303

 

[olekosun]

Oh, I'm too late. Didn't know there was already a thread on this, sorry and thanks.

 

[Tomk]

And don't cubers spend ages trying to find lubes that make it turn with less effort - not more?